FCC Record, Volume 28, No. 15, Pages 11617 to 12583, August 7 - August 21, 2013 Page: 11,638
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22. We decline to include certain areas that Tribes previously ceded to the United States by
treaty.49 As the Bad River Tribe explains, treaties ceding Chippewa land to the United States granted the
Bad River Tribe and other Chippewa groups hunting, fishing, and harvesting rights throughout ceded
territories that now span portions of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.5 Bad River Tribe considers
certain ceded territory in Wisconsin to be an important economic resource for the Tribe that is critical to
maintaining Tribal practices and culture, including hunting, trapping, fishing, wild rice harvesting, maple
sugaring, harvesting birch bark and balsam, and canoe building. Bad River Tribe and Lac du Flambeau
both indicate that a substantial number of Tribal members live in rural ceded lands outside reservation
boundaries.52 Although Tribal organizations regulate hunting, fishing, and harvesting activities conducted
throughout the ceded territories, these areas do not fall within the Commission's definition of "Tribal
lands."53 Thus, these areas are not eligible for Tribal Mobility Fund Phase I support.
23. The lists of potentially eligible blocks and proposed bidding areas released with the
Auction 902 Comment Public Notice included certain SDTSAs and TDSAs." We remove all SDTSAs
from the updated list of eligible census blocks because they do not qualify as "Tribal lands" under the
Commission's definition. Separately, we also remove certain TDSAs, as defined by the 2010 Census
data, that do not qualify as "Tribal lands" under the Commission's definition.55
24. We also received several challenges to our initial determination based on Mosaik data
that certain census blocks are either served or unserved. We received comments from four carriers
identifying census blocks for addition and/or removal from our list of potentially eligible census blocks
based on sufficiently verifiable demonstrations of current coverage at the centroid, or lack thereof. These
commenters provide maps, explanations of methodologies for determining coverage, and in numerous
cases, certifications by one or more qualified individuals as to the veracity of the material provided." We
find these demonstrations to be sufficiently credible and convincing to meet the requirements of the
USF/ICC Transformation Order and incorporate the requested changes into the updated list of eligible
census blocks."
25. Ten commenters, including Tribal entities and a wireless carrier, request additions to our
list of potentially eligible blocks based on assertions that certain areas not listed as potentially eligible
49 See Bad River Tribe Comments at 6-9; Lac du Flambeau Reply Comments.
so Bad River Tribe Comments at 6.
51sid
52 Id. at 1-2; Lac du Flambeau Reply Comments.
53 See USF/ICC Transformation Order, 26 FCC Rcd at 17711, para. 126 n.197.
s4 See http://ww.census.gov/goireference/gtc/gic aiantnha.html (visited Aug. 6, 2013).
55 See USF/ICC Transformation Order, 26 FCC Rcd at 17711, para. 126 n.197.
56 ASTAC Comments at 2-3; AT&T Comments at 1-2; Commnet Reply Comments at 1-4; Copper Valley
Comments at 1-3.
57 See Auction 901 Procedures Public Notice, 27 FCC Rcd at 4734-35, para. 20 (finding demonstrations of current
coverage at the centroid, or the lack thereof, to be sufficiently credible and convincing where they provided maps,
discussions of drive tests, explanations of methodologies for determining coverage, and in numerous cases,
certifications by one or more individuals as to the veracity of the material provided). Based on staff analysis of the
coverage data provided by Copper Valley overlaid on census block centroids, we remove two of the six census
blocks requested by Copper Valley.11638
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United States. Federal Communications Commission. FCC Record, Volume 28, No. 15, Pages 11617 to 12583, August 7 - August 21, 2013, book, August 2013; Washington D.C.. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc272132/m1/34/: accessed March 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.