
Red Cliff 2023 Tribal Census Presentation
Big Water team members visited Bayfield, Wisconsin on the week of April 28th to present the results of the Red Cliff 2023 Tribal Census to Red Cliff's Tribal Council and community members.
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[ Inquiry ] Red Cliff Housing Needs Assessment
Big Water staff members Harry Maher and Kevin Klingbeil visited the snowy Red Cliff Indian Reservation to launch the Red Cliff Housing Needs Assessment in cooperation with the Red Cliff Housing Authority and representatives from the Tribe’s planning, health, education, public works, communications and other departments. Big Water met with division heads and department directors and the Housing Authority Board to discuss tribal history, current initiatives and future plans, and desired survey content. Betty Kerr from the Housing Authority gave Kevin and Harry a guided tour of the reservation, including a visit to Frog Bay Tribal National Park, Little Sand Bay, land recently purchased from Bayfield County by the tribe, and visits to low income housing tax credit (LIHTC) and supportive housing projects around the reservation.
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[ Report ] LCO Community Assessment Complete
Big Water would like to congratulate the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians on completing its LCO Community Assessment project. We had an opportunity to share the results of the household survey with project stakeholders and community members at LCO Ojibwe Community College in Hayward, Wisconsin on November 5. Our follow-up meetings with the Grants/Planning Department and the Waadookodaading Ojibwe Language Immersion School on November 6 will help ensure that this data is fully utilized by the Tribe and tribal programs and that future tribal data collection efforts will benefit from lessons learned in this project. This project serves as yet another example of tribes in northern Wisconsin taking a data-driven approach to planning, program management and the grant application process. We would also like to thank Enterprise Community Partners for providing critical matching funds in support of this capacity-building project.
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[ Report ] South Dakota Tribal Veterans Homeownership Study Reports Available Online
Big Water Consulting partnered with the Cheyenne River Housing Authority, Oglala Sioux (Lakota) Housing and Sissteon Wahpeton Housing Authority as well as the Tribal Veterans Service Officers (TVSOs) for these three reservations to conduct a survey and a focus group with tribal veterans in each area. The purpose of this project was to determine evaluate veterans' housing needs, their interest in and qualification for homeownership, and opportunities to better serve those who served their country. We were honored to participate this project and would like to thank all of the contributors to this inaugural effort, including the tribal housing entities, the TVSOs, South Dakota Native Homeownership Coalition (SDNHC), Lakota Funds and Enterprise Community Partners.
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[ Inquiry ] Lac Courte Oreilles Band Community Assessment
The Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians launched the LCO Community Assessment this week with an initial housing unit mapping operation that will be followed by a household survey.