Representatives of more than 100 Native American tribes have been gathering in Saint Paul this week to learn about ways to bring better phone service to their reservations. Federal Communications Commission officials, who are sponsoring the conference, say nearly half of all American Indians on reservations are without basic phone service, let alone access to the Internet. Minnesota Public Radio's Lynette Nyman reports.
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