Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community

The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community has enjoyed ubiquitous broadband for several years now.

In October 2024, the Institute for Local Self Reliance featured Fond du Lac and other MN tribals communities building broadband reporting that the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community began planning a fiber-to-the-home network in 2013 and started building the network two years later. The network now provides FTTH services to every resident of the community. The Tribe has also been instrumental in supporting community broadband initiatives elsewhere, providing grants to other Tribes working on building Internet infrastructure and partnering with the surrounding county to support mutually beneficial fiber build-outs.