Highlights from recent projects help tell the story of how and where we work.
Klamath Tribal Community Needs Assessment
Chiloquin, Oregon
The Klamath Tribes launched the Klamath Tribal Community Needs Assessment to gather and analyze comprehensive data that reflects the needs and priorities of Klamath Tribal members and their families. By collecting accurate, up-to-date information about community demographics, housing conditions, educational attainment, employment statuses, income levels, transportation habits, and community priorities through a variety of methods, the Klamath Tribes aimed to strengthen their data collection capacity and create a portfolio of information that Tribal leadership, departments and programs can use to support collaborative, data-driven decision making.
Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana Health & Housing Needs Assessment
Great Falls, Montana
This project will take place as a part of a larger statewide Tribal health and housing study that will incorporate new data collection in Tribal and Native communities and an overarching stakeholder-driven framework of meetings, discussion sessions and working groups involving Tribes, Tribal programs, Native organizations and the agencies and organizations serving and supporting Tribal and Native communities to revisit outdated approaches, foster innovation and advance more proactive policies.
Northern Cheyenne Health and Housing Needs Assessment
Lame Deer, Montana
The Northern Cheyenne Health and Housing Needs Assessment is a comprehensive study conducted to identify the most pressing needs of the residents of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation.
Dry Creek Community Needs and GIS Mapping
Santa Rosa, California
The Dry Creek Community Needs Assessment and GIS Mapping Project has been set in motion to assist the Dry Creek Band of Pomo Indians in collecting relevant, accurate, and comprehensive data about the characteristics, demographic trends, and other needs of both the community and physical environment of the Band.
Statewide Native Veterans Housing Needs and Homeownership Study
South Dakota
This project aimed to collect data from Native veterans representing all nine tribes in the state of South Dakota to better identify the barriers to housing and services faced by veterans across the state. In doing so, programs and funding avenues could be intentionally tailored to meet the specific and unique needs of each community.
Tulalip Tribes of Washington Community Needs Assessment
Tulalip, Washington
The Tulalip Tribes Community Needs Assessment was set in motion to assist the Tulalip Tribes in collecting relevant, accurate, and comprehensive data about the characteristics, demographic trends, and other needs of Tulalip Tribal member households in Snohomish County, Washington. The project presents an exciting opportunity to shape housing, health, education, cultural, and economic development strategies that meet the collective needs of Tulalip community members.
Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Housing Study and Needs Assessment
Warm Springs, Oregon
This study will provide the background necessary to develop a comprehensive housing plan that meets the needs of current and future community members. The household survey seeks to gather accurate information about the residents and households of the Warm Springs Reservation while additional surveys for reservation youth, employees, and tribal members living off-reservation round-out the storytelling effort.
Cow Creek Housing Needs Assessment
The Cow Creek Housing Needs Assessment seeks to answer this key question: what are the housing needs of Cow Creek members both inside and outside of the Tribe’s seven-county service area?
The project involved not only a household survey distributed to all Cow Creek member households (within and without the Tribe’s service area), but also an employer survey that sought input from major Roseburg employers to learn more about housing shortage in the broader community, and interviews with knowledgeable parties from Tribal and municipal leadership.
Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe Enrollment Projections
Port Gamble, Washington
The Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe’s Enrollment Eligibility Committee wanted to consider changes to the current member enrollment eligibility criteria and provide recommendations to the Tribal Council. Through the generation and analysis of Tribal population projections under various eligibility requirements, the Committee helped the demographers conduct a survey and collect relevant information including member blood quantum, birth location, current location, fertility, and life expectancy data.
Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Tribal Census & Community Needs Assessment
Ashland, Wisconsin
In an assertion of Tribal Sovereignty, the Bad River Band initiated the Bad River Tribal Census and Community Needs Assessment during the autumn of 2022 and concluded data collection in the early spring of 2023. The Bad River Tribal Census and Community Needs Assessment Survey utilized mixed methods, including in person and online surveys, key informant interviews, and focus groups.
Nch'i Wana Community Needs Assessment
Nch’i Wana Housing is working with Big Water Consulting to conduct a Community Needs Assessment of people living along the Columbia River at treaty and in-lieu fishing sites and adjacent communities. The Community Needs Assessment will collect actionable data that Nch’i Wana Housing and its partners providing services to tribal members and residents of these sites can use to plan for future housing and community development projects and to strengthen their programs and services.
Nisqually Indian Tribal Needs Assessment
The Nisqually Indian Tribe is working with Big Water Consulting to conduct a Tribal Needs Assessment of households living on the reservation. The Nisqually Tribal Needs Assessment Survey aims to provide a better understanding of how Nisqually tribal members prioritize treaty rights issues and develop a better understanding of the Tribe's current circumstances. The survey will determine current housing conditions, which tribal services are known to the community, which programs are used by households, and how connected they are to community services and activities such as fishing, hunting, and gathering. The Needs Assessment will also provide an opportunity to better understand how the Nisqually tribe can communicate with the community and how tribal members feel about long-term vs. short-term investment in tribal resources.
Big Valley Rancheria Community Needs Assessment
Lake County, California
Big Valley Rancheria is home to the Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians, descendents of the Xa-Ben-Na-Po Band of Pomo Indians that have inhabited the Clear Lake area of present-day California for thousands of years. The Big Vallery Rancheria Community Needs Assessment seeks to gather data on the housing and other programming needs of Big Valley residents and Tribal members. The needs assessment will also inform renovations to rental housing being conducted by Sustainable Native Communities Design Lab at MASS Design, a Native-owned architecture firm.
Fond du Lac Housing & Community Needs Assessment
Cloquet, Minnesota
The Fond du Lac Housing and Community Needs Assessment was directed by the Fond du Lac Planning Division to collect actionable data that the Band can use to plan for future housing and community development projects.
White Earth Housing Needs Assessment
Ogema, Minnesota
The White Earth Housing Needs Assessment supported the White Earth Nation in its efforts to implement a Housing Needs Study. For this project, the White Earth Housing Authority conducted a survey of residents throughout the study area as well as focus groups, interviews and community meetings to help determine the availability of and need for housing on the White Earth Reservation.
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