The Native Americans in the 21st Century: Nation Building II course addresses current issues facing Native & Indigenous nations or organizations and requires students to work directly with a client to conduct research or provide scholarly support to a project proposed by that client. These projects are a partnership between the community client and our students and provide an opportunity to study contemporary issues facing Indigenous nations and communities.
Recent Projects
2020
- Ka’ananiau, Managing the Beauty of Time, Waianae, Hawai’i
- Intertribal Agriculture Council: CDFI Agricultural Lending, Billings, Montana
- Santa Clara Pueblo: Kha’p’o Community Endowment, Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico
- Chippewa Cree Business Development, Box Elder, Montana
- Mapping Suicide Prevention Services, New Mexico
- Metrics for STEM K-12 Education, Brimley, Michigan
- Ho-Chunk: Multi-Generational Treatment Options, Black River Falls, Wisconsin
- Strategies to Prevent Financial Exploitation of Tribal Elders, Fort Hall, Idaho
- Sacred Site Protection, New Mexico
- Southern Ute Indian Tribe: Cannabis Business Plan, Southern Ute Indian Tribe, Colorado
- Navajo Nation Business Development, Window Rock, Arizona
2021
- Toward Energy Sovereignty: Investigating Renewable Energy Investment for the Chippewa Cree Tribe on the Rocky Boy’s Reservation, Box Elder, Montana
- Youth Hockey and Health Outcome Project, Canada
- GLIFWC Member Tribe Groundwater Governance Report 2021, Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission, Wisconsin, Michigan & Minnesota
- Santa Clara Pueblo and the 2021 New Mexico Legislative Session: Policy and Financial Analysis, Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico
- New Mexico Indian Affairs, Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women & Relatives Task Force, New Mexico
- Overcoming the Distance: New Mexico Tribal Behavioral and Mental Health Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, New Mexico
- Igyaramiuni Ciunerkaput: Stewardship Vision and Land Management Strategies for the Village of Igiugig, Igiugig, Alaska
- Dual Taxation on Navajo Land Legal Frameworks and Economic Implications, Window Rock, Arizona
- Quapaw Nation Land Use Plan, Quapaw Nation, Oklahoma