Big Water presented Strengthening Tribal Data Sovereignty to Produce Better Economic Data and Outcomes at The 2025 TribalEcon Summit
At the Native American Development Center’s 2025 TribalEcon Summit, Big Water Consulting’s Owner and Managing Director, Kevin Klingbeil, led a compelling session on Strengthening Tribal Data Sovereignty to Produce Better Economic Data and Outcomes.
Big Water discussed Data in Action at the 2024 Center for Indian Country Development Data Summit | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
We're proud to share that our own Kevin Klingbeil moderated a powerful session at the 2024 Center for Indian Country Development Data Summit: "Telling Your Own Story with Data: The Rewards and Challenges of Conducting a Tribal Census."
EDA Community of Practice
The Indigenous Economic Development Community of Practice is a dedicated space for tribal and Native economic development practitioners to share knowledge, build capacity, and identify best practices.
Indian Housing Block Grant Formula Training for the Great Lakes Indian Housing Association (GLIHA)
Kevin Klingbeil of Big Water Consulting provided HUD-funded training and technical assistance to the members Great Lakes Indian Housing Association at their quarterly meeting in Red Wing, MN addressing the mechanics of the Indian Housing Block Grant (IHBG) formula. The presentation was entitled “A Peek Behind the Funding Curtain: The Mechanics of the IHBG Formula.” This training covered formula basics, data source considerations and requirements for challenging the data supporting certain elements of the formula. The audience included housing program directors and staff members as well as agency staff members and other professionals serving and supporting tribal housing programs in the Great Lakes region.
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[ Big Water Talk ] NAIHC-Sponsored National Housing Needs Assessment and Effective Community Engagement Webinar
Last month, in partnership with Katie Symons and Suenary Philavanh of Beaux Simone Consulting, Kevin Klingbeil of Big Water Consulting conducted a webinar on behalf of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Native American Programs and the Native American Indian Housing Council (NAIHC) on Housing Needs Assessment and Effective Community Engagement. The audience included staff members from a variety of different tribes, regions, and programs interested in learning best practices and strategies for engaging community members as well as the primary components of conducting housing and community needs assessments.