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Native American Experience
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Native American Leadership
Challenge:
First Nations Development Institute wanted to develop a leadership program that would help Native non-profit leaders excel in the years ahead. They needed insight into the opportunities and challenges facing these leaders operating in Indian Country. The difficulty of the task is that Indian leaders operate in a very unique political and cultural environment, with limited resources, and balancing multiple constituents’ interests and needs.
Solution:
The director selected RedWind to facilitate a convening of the top 40 Native non-profit leaders in the United States. RedWind prepared and planned the event, facilitated the framing of key issues, and supported the group in reaching conclusions concerning the direction the program should take.
Results:
RedWind was able help these American Indian leaders identify the critical results, knowledge requirements, and preferred learning styles for a new Native American Leadership program. The results from the work-shop became the basis for the development of a National American Indian Leadership program.
National Congress of American Indians
Challenge:
Tribal leaders wanted to change the public policy process in federal, state, and tribal policy-making from one of a reactive, problem-driven approach to a process informed by research and data. At their request, NCAI launched a national Policy Research Center designed to collect, coordinate, and make available information, data, and analyses pertinent to public policy decisions.
Solution:
RedWind facilitate the Strategy Development process for the Centers Advisory Council. The council created an alternative approach which allowed for the identification of multiple policy options and is an approach characterized by critical debate in Indian Country, especially among tribal leaders.
Results:
The resulting work of the Policy Research Center will serve to:
- Organize existing available data into useful formats to improve its accessibility to the public, tribal leadership, public official, and academics;
- Serve as an information clearinghouse to connect Native institutions through a comprehensive website.
- Connect leading thinkers and institutions to develop proactive models for data collection and analysis.
- Identify priorities for research and policy development.
- Educate the public, Congress, the Administration, Tribal leadership, and academic entities by publishing and disseminating the results of the Institute's research.
SBA - Tribal Self Assessment Tool
Challenge:
A need existed for economic development practices, tools and methodology and to help tribes understand the opportunities and competitive advantages available.
Solution:
The Small Business Administration’s Office of Native American Affairs (ONAA) partnered with the RedWind Group to create a “Tribal Self Assessment Tool”. RedWind pulled together a coalition of subject matter experts; lawyers well versed in Indian Law, native corporate CEO’s, economists with long-term ties to Indian Country; academics, native entrepreneurs and leaders of Native non-profits.
Results:
An on-line Tribal Self Assessment Tool was created, designed to walk tribal communities through an economic assessment process. The Tribal Self Assessment Tool will provide the best possible tools for economic development that will allow leaders to make decisions that work best for them, and manage their own implementation.
More than just on-line information, RedWind can guide consulting efforts and see through implementation of economic development for tribes requesting the service. This development process provides a framework for thinking about the impact of the socio-political and competitive environment surrounding tribes. Native nations will be able to find answers to these questions by drawing on the collective wisdom of dozens of participating tribes and agencies.
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