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  1. This dataset includes the complete instructor materials for the Rural Digital Entrepreneurship Workshop delivered to Tanana Chiefs Conference (TCC) from November 15-19, 2021. The data set includes PDF files that will allow interested researchers and practitioners, including staff at TCC, to deliver an identical or similar workshop on rural digital entrepreneurship in the future. The workshop included three days of instruction (for which the files are provided), and two days of individualized work with participants as they work on pitching a digital business idea. The materials included here are anonymized, make no reference to participants and can also be imported into learning management systems. The workshop intent was to guide participants towards the development and completion of a business plan for a digital enterprise situated in rural Alaska. Editable versions of the files can be requested from the authors. 
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  2. Between 2018 and 2021 PIs for National Science Foundation Awards # 1758781 and 1758814 EAGER: Collaborative Research: Developing and Testing an Incubator for Digital Entrepreneurship in Remote Communities, in partnership with the Tanana Chiefs Conference, the traditional tribal consortium of the 42 villages of Interior Alaska, jointly developed and conducted large-scale digital and in-person surveys of multiple Alaskan interior communities. The survey was distributed via a combination of in-person paper surveys, digital surveys, social media links, verbal in-person interviews and telephone-based responses. Analysis of this measure using SAS demonstrated the statistically significant need for enhanced digital infrastructure and reworked digital entrepreneurial and technological education in the Tanana Chiefs Conference region. 1. Two statistical measures were created during this research: Entrepreneurial Readiness (ER) and Digital Technology needs and skills (DT), both of which showed high measures of internal consistency (.89, .81). 2. The measures revealed entrepreneurial readiness challenges and evidence of specific addressable barriers that are currently preventing (serving as hindrances) to regional digital economic activity. The survey data showed statistically significant correlation with the mixed-methodological in-person focus groups and interview research conducted by the PIs and TCC collaborators in Hughes and Huslia, AK, which further corroborated stated barriers to entrepreneurship development in the region. 3. Data generated by the survey and fieldwork is maintained by the Tanana Chiefs Conference under data sovereignty agreements. The survey and focus group data contains aggregated statistical/empirical data as well as qualitative/subjective detail that runs the risk of becoming personally identifiable especially due to (but not limited to) to concerns with exceedingly small Arctic community population sizes. 4. This metadata is being provided in order to serve as a record of the data collection and analysis conducted, and also to share some high-level findings that, while revealing no personal information, may be helpful for policymaking, regional planning and efforts towards educational curricular development and infrastructural investment. The sample demographics consist of 272 women, 79 men, and 4 with gender not indicated as a response. Barriers to Entrepreneurial Readiness were a component of the measure. Lack of education is the #1 barrier, followed closely by lack of access to childcare. Among women who participated in the survey measure, 30% with 2 or more children report lack of childcare to be a significant barrier to entrepreneurial and small business activity. For entrepreneurial readiness and digital economy, the scales perform well from a psychometric standpoint. The summary scores are roughly normally distributed. Cronbach’s alphas are greater than 0.80 for both. They are moderately correlated with each other (r = 0.48, p < .0001). Men and women do not differ significantly on either measure. Education is significantly related to the digital economy measure. The detail provided in the survey related to educational needs enabled optimized development of the Incubator for Digital Entrepreneurship in Remote Communities. Enhanced digital entrepreneurship training with clear cultural linkages to traditions and community needs, along with additional childcare opportunities are two among several specific recommendations provided to the TCC. The project PIs are working closely with the TCC administration and community members related to elements of culturally-aligned curricular development that respects data tribal sovereignty, local data management protocols, data anonymity and adherence to human subjects (IRB) protocols. While the survey data is currently embargoed and unable to be submitted publicly for reasons of anonymity, the project PIs are working with the NSF Arctic Data Center towards determining pathways for sharing personally-protected data with the larger scientific community. These approaches may consist of aggregating and digitally anonymizing sensitive data in ways that cannot be de-aggregated and that meet agency and scientific community needs (while also fully respecting and protecting participants’ rights and personal privacy). At present the data sensitivity protocols are not yet adapted to TCC requirements and the datasets will remain in their care. 
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  3. This chapter explores digital creative entrepreneurship as it is impacted by data connectivity and communication infrastructure in remote communities of the North American Arctic. In addition to summarizing details related to access, data speeds and bandwidth in specific regions of the North, this chapter looks at values-based Arctic digital entrepreneurial curricular development, collaborative possibilities between Nunavut and Alaska, and cites opportunities and challenges for the Arctic’s Indigenous creative economy. Similarities and differences between the United States and Canadian Arctic in terms of opportunity and networking based on the digital connectivity and the cost of access are also explored. The chapter offers specific examples related to opportunities and barriers for Arctic small business development given variances in digital access. The chapter concludes with a number of important policy recommendations for government and industry. 
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  4. This aerial remote sensing data was captured in Huslia, Alaska in June 2019. The 2017 Huslia Community Plan states that "erosion poses a considerable threat to Huslia, particularly structures located in Old Huslia. Several homes and structures have been relocated as a result of erosion. There had been some unsuccessful (early) attempts to slow erosion in Huslia, but nothing in recent years." Residents of Huslia indicated both in the Community Plan (1) and in personal discussions with the principal investigators that erosion was one of the most serious problems affecting the village, with strong counter-indications for community development, health and wellness, and small business entrepreneurship. The issue of erosion has reached such a point that the Hazard Mitigation Plan (2) was created. During the conversation scheduling National Science Foundation workshop logistics, this high resolution aerial video capture was requested by Carl Burgett, First Chief of Huslia, in order to better share the significant impact of erosion on the region with the broader research community in the hopes of justifying granting agency funding for restoration efforts enhancing safety, economic development, reconstruction, transportation and shipping efforts. 1) Huslia Community Plan https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/dcra/DCRARepoExt/RepoPubs/Plans/HusliaCommunityPlan2017.pdf 2) Huslia Hazard Mitigation Plan https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/dcra/DCRARepoExt/RepoPubs/Plans/Huslia_HMP_2018_Update_8-22-18_Final_Plan.pdf 
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