Chairman Carr Announces Additional Appointments to the Native Nations Communications Task Force and Date of First Meeting

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr announced the appointment of five additional Tribal members to the FCC’s Native Nations Communications Task Force. The Task Force is comprised of elected and appointed leaders, or their designees, from a broad cross-section of Native Nations, as well as senior staff and decision-makers from across the Commission. The appointment of the additional Tribal members raises the total current number of Tribal Task Force members from 20 to 25. The FCC’s members will remain at five. Bambi Kraus, Chief of the FCC’s Office of Native Affairs and Policy, serves as Task Force Co-Chair. A Tribal Co-Chair will be elected by the Tribal members of the Task Force. The additional appointed Tribal Task Force members are:

• The Honorable Troy Adkins, Chickahominy Tribe
• The Honorable Jacob Keyes, Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma
• Godfrey Enjady, Mescalero Apache Telecom
• Linnea Jackson, Hoopa Valley Public Utilities District
• Danae Wilson, Nez Perce Tribe