Native American reservations are faced with a growing need for High-speed Internet and broadband access but face a variety of barriers to broadband infrastructure deployment. This paper discusses the difficulties tribal nations have faced in developing their education, economy, and access to healthcare and public safety due to the roadblocks in building this infrastructure within their tribes. Using case studies and interviews from over 30 Native American tribes, we reveal the shift of responsibility from federal institutions to Native American communities, stressing a tendency to downplay structural factors of exclusion and inequality affecting tribes' resilience practices. Our article advances the understanding of external and internal factors of roadblocks that Native American tribes have not yet been able to overcome, stemming from limitations of support by state and government institutions, limited capacities and knowledge among tribal members, and complex terrain that also has a sacred value to tribes. Results indicate that resilient communities can produce and sustain practices to overcome internal obstacles, during which resilience practices continue expanding the community's capacity to develop its digital systems and leadership.

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弥合美洲原住民部落的数字鸿沟：宽带和社区复原力的障碍

美洲原住民保留地面临着对高速互联网和宽带接入不断增长的需求，但在宽带基础设施部署方面面临着各种障碍。本文讨论了部落国家由于在部落内建设基础设施的障碍而在发展教育、经济以及获得医疗保健和公共安全方面面临的困难。通过对 30 多个美洲原住民部落的案例研究和访谈，我们揭示了责任从联邦机构向美洲原住民社区的转移，强调了淡化影响部落复原力实践的排斥和不平等结构性因素的趋势。我们的文章增进了对美洲原住民部落尚未能够克服的障碍的外部和内部因素的理解，这是由于国家和政府机构的支持有限、部落成员的能力和知识有限以及对部落也具有神圣价值的复杂地形造成的。结果表明，有复原力的社区可以产生并维持克服内部障碍的实践，在此期间，复原力实践继续扩大社区发展其数字系统和领导力的能力。