Highlights from recent projects help tell the story of how and where we work.

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Needs Assessments

Needs Assessments, Tribal and Local

Santa Clara Pueblo Community Needs Assessment

Needs Assessments, Tribal and Local

Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana Health & Housing Needs Assessment

Needs Assessments, Tribal and Local

Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Housing Study and Needs Assessment

Needs Assessments, Tribal and Local

Cow Creek Housing Needs Assessment

Needs Assessments, Tribal and Local

Needs Assessments, Tribal and Local, GIS Mapping

Dry Creek Community Needs and GIS Mapping

Needs Assessments, Tribal and Local, GIS Mapping

Northern Cheyenne Health and Housing Needs Assessment

Needs Assessments, Tribal and Local, GIS Mapping

Needs Assessments, Tribal and Local

Tulalip Tribes of Washington Community Needs Assessment

Needs Assessments, Tribal and Local

Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe Enrollment Projections

Needs Assessments, Tribal and Local

Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Tribal Census & Community Needs Assessment

Needs Assessments, Tribal and Local

Nch'i Wana Community Needs Assessment

Needs Assessments, Tribal and Local

Tribal and Local, Needs Assessments

Nisqually Indian Tribal Needs Assessment

Tribal and Local, Needs Assessments

Big Valley Rancheria Community Needs Assessment

Tribal and Local, Needs Assessments

Fond du Lac Housing & Community Needs Assessment

Tribal and Local, Needs Assessments

Needs Assessments, Tribal and Local

Kalispel Tribe Census Challenge

Needs Assessments, Tribal and Local

Ho-Chunk Nation Census Challenge

Needs Assessments, Tribal and Local

GIS Mapping

Needs Assessments, Tribal and Local, GIS Mapping

Dry Creek Community Needs and GIS Mapping

Needs Assessments, Tribal and Local, GIS Mapping

Northern Cheyenne Health and Housing Needs Assessment

Needs Assessments, Tribal and Local, GIS Mapping

Strategic Planning, National, Research

Indigenous Economic Development Community of Practice

Strategic Planning, National, Research

All Projects

Samples Of Our Work

Research

Research, Statewide

Native Action Network Native Women’s Leadership Survey

Research, Statewide

Research, Regional and National

CDFI New Markets Tax Credit Native Initiative

Research, Regional and National

Strategic Planning, National, Research

Indigenous Economic Development Community of Practice

Strategic Planning, National, Research

Kevin Klingbeil 7/22/21 Kevin Klingbeil 7/22/21

White Mountain Apache Housing Needs Assessment

Whiteriver, Arizona
The White Mountain Apache Housing Authority (WMAHA) initiated the White Mountain Apache Housing Needs Assessment on behalf of the White Mountain Apache Tribe (WMAT) in order to develop forward-looking planning and program management and to identify and measure the needs of communities throughout the Fort Apache Indian Reservation. The Tribe selected Big Water Consulting to coordinate the effort and provide training and technical assistance throughout the project. This housing needs assessment included a household survey that collected data from 654 homes on the reservation and had an overall response rate of 97.2%.

Kevin Klingbeil 1/2/17 Kevin Klingbeil 1/2/17

Tohono O'odham Nation Census Challenge

Sells, Arizona
The Tohono O'odham Nation is a large tribe whose lands are located along the US-Mexico border in southern Arizona. Many Tohono O’odham move between Tucson and the Tohono O’odham Indian Reservation, where there are a substantial number of traditionally constructed homes. Data collected through a housing unit condition assessment and a household survey documented every structure on reservation and trust lands, successfully enumerated the non-transient population, revealed the challenges of households living in traditional homes, and is being used to support comprehensive planning as well as challenge U.S. Census data used in the Indian Housing Block Grant (IHBG) formula.