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U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC)

The Department of Commerce (www.commerce.gov/) has worked closely with American Indian and Alaskan Native communities for over 35 years. Its mission is to promote job creation and improved living standards for all Americans through economic growth, technological competitiveness, and sustainable development. The Department works with nearly every priority area within tribal communities, including economic development, infrastructure, and natural resource management.

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Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA)
www.mbda.gov 
The Minority Business Development Agency provides management and technical assistance for Native American businesses through its Native American Business Development Centers 

National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)
www.ntia.doc.gov 
A bureau of the U.S. Department of Commerce, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) is the President's principal adviser on telecommunications and information policy issues, and in this role frequently works with other Executive Branch agencies to develop and present the Administration's position on these issues. Since its creation in 1978, NTIA has been at the cutting edge of critical issues. In addition to representing the Executive Branch in both domestic and international telecommunications and information policy activities, NTIA also manages the Federal use of spectrum; performs cutting-edge telecommunications research and engineering, including resolving technical telecommunications issues for the Federal government and private sector; and administers infrastructure and public telecommunications facilities grants.

Census Bureau
www.census.gov
The Census Bureau - known as "the nation's fact finder" - conducts the decennial census of population and housing, demographic and economic censuses, and more than 200 annual surveys, many of them for other government agencies. The Census Bureau's population counts are used as one element in deciding the distribution of billions in federal grant money. At their website you will find data on the American Indian and Alaska Native population including statistics on language, housing and various social and economic characteristics.