In December 2024, I completed the MN Broadband County Profiles. These are the MN Broadband Tribal Profiles. Spoiler alert, the tribal counties and communities all show 100 percent coverage for broadband at speeds of 100 Mbps down and 25 up. Congratulations to them!
I wasn’t able to use the same tools I used for the County Profiles because the MN interactive map doesn’t track broadband by tribal area. However, I can pull maps from the interactive map that show (but don’t give data) coverage in tribal areas. (I have screenshots showing unserved areas.) I used the FCC National Broadband Map to get the data. There appear to be some discrepancies in the 100 percent in data and seeing unserved dot in the maps.
Below is a chart tracking speeds for 2024, 2021 and 2019 for speeds of 25 Mbps down and 3 up (25/3) and 100/20. (The map shown is from 2023, but I thought it was best for the high level view of where the tribals areas are and a glimpse at broadband coverage.)
| Tribal Area | (25/3) 2024 |
(25/3) 2021 |
(25/3) 2019 |
(100/20) 2024 |
(100/20) 2021 |
(100/20) 2019 |
| Bois Forte | 100 | 65.36 | 20.12 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| Fond du Lac | 100 | 83.81 | 30.96 | 100 | 66.4 | 19.5 |
| Grand Portage | 100 | 94.24 | 94.24 | 100 | 94.24 | 94.24 |
| Leech Lake | 100 | 95.15 | 91.68 | 100 | 78.99 | 65.01 |
| Lower Sioux | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 90.24 | 77.12 |
| Mille Lacs | 100 | 76.41 | 60.51 | 100 | 72.54 | 60.46 |
| Prairie Island | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 50.24 | 50.59 |
| Red Lake | 100 | 99.82 | 99.81 | 100 | 99.82 | 99.81 |
| Shakopee Mdewakanton | 100 | 100 | 50 | 100 | 100 | 50 |
| Upper Sioux | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 47.58 | 0 |
| White Earth | 100 | 89.96 | 84.67 | 100 | 89.96 | 84.67 |