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

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 Tribal Census

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

South Dakota Native Homeownership Coalition Appraisal Market Study

The Appraisal Market Study was commissioned by the South Dakota Native Homeownership Coalition (SDNHC) to describe the market for home appraisals on the nine Indian reservations in South Dakota and enable appraisers to evaluate the potential business opportunities available to them on reservation lands. Big Water Consulting used existing, available data from federal, state, and Tribal sources and interviewed and surveyed appraisers, lenders, and Tribally Designated Housing Entities (TDHES) to help determine the composition, size, value, and growth for valuation services on reservations within South Dakota.

Kevin Klingbeil 9/1/16 Kevin Klingbeil 9/1/16

Seattle Indian Services Commission (SISC) King County AIAN Housing and Human Services Needs Assessment

King County, Washington
Big Water coordinated with SISC and its partner stakeholders (e.g., United Indians of All Tribes Foundation, Seattle Indian Health Board, Chief Seattle Club, Mother Nation, and Cowlitz Tribal Health Services) to design and implement a study to assess the need for Native housing and other vital services in the urban core of King County, Washington. Information collected through a survey, focus groups, and interviews will help guide the Commission’s planning efforts for supportive services and a new 160-unit affordable housing development.