 
ANA Success Stories
2008 Success Stories
- Lodge Pole District Community Development Corporation: The Fort Belknap Reservation is located in northern Montana, and is the home of the Assiniboine (Nakoda) and Gros Ventre (White Clay) people. There are over 5,200 enrolled community members, of which 2,900 reside on the reservation. Lodge Pole is the most remote community on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation. (More...)
- Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation: The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) are a union of the Cayuse, Umatilla and Walla Walla tribes. Of CTUIR’s 2,472 enrolled members, roughly 1,350 reside on or near the reservation, located in eastern Oregon. The languages for all three tribes are distinct and all are experiencing dramatic declines as older generations of fluent speakers are lost. Prior to this project, the tribes counted only 44 elders who spoke at least one of the three languages: Walla Walla - 5, Umatilla - 14, and Cayuse/Nez Perce - 25. (More...)
- Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council: The Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council (YRITWC) was founded in 1997 as a nonprofit coalition of Tribes and First Nations located within the Yukon River watershed in Alaska. The area is home to 76 distinct indigenous governments, of which 66 are signatories to the YRITWC’s governing Inter-Tribal Accord, which commits members to cooperate and consult with each other on matters affecting the watershed. (More...)
Chickaloon Indian Village: Chickaloon Native Village is an Ahtna Athabascan community located in south-central Alaska. The Chickaloon community consists of 250 tribal citizens, however approximately 59,000 people live in the immediate area. The tribe owns 69,000 acres of land in the Matanuska-Susitna borough. The Chickaloon community is facing enormous development pressure, and required an effective way to advocate for protection of their land, resources, and culture. There is also a high unemployment rate in the area, partially due to a lack of tribal businesses. (More...)
- White Mountain Apache Housing Authority: The Fort Apache Indian Reservation, home of the White Mountain Apache Tribe, is located in northeastern Arizona. There are currently 13,500 enrolled members of the Tribe, with approximately 54% under the age of 25. To address community problems of truancy and high dropout rates, community members requested increased services and activities for youth, including after-school and summer activities, playgrounds, educational programs, and sports activities. (More...)
- Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma: The Choctaw Nation, a federally recognized tribe in southeastern Oklahoma, has a membership of 160,052 people, 69,000 of whom reside in its 10½ county service area. The Tribe has an extremely rural service area, with no major cities within its boundaries. The rugged, mountainous terrain and poor highway system make it difficult for people to access services unless they are offered close to their homes. (More...)
- Native American Youth and Family Center: The Native American Youth and Family Center (NAYAFC) was founded in 1974 in Portland, Oregon. NAYAFC was incorporated as a nonprofit organization in 1994 to provide a variety of family and community support services to the approximately 55,000 Native Americans living in the Portland area. (More...)
- Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma: The Quapaw Tribe is located in Ottawa County in northeastern Oklahoma and counts a total tribal enrollment of 3,752 individuals. Located within the tribal service area is the Tar Creek Superfund site, a highly contaminated area due to over 50 years of lead and zinc mining. At the time this project was conceived, 1,790 people lived within the contamination zone, 780 of which were Quapaw tribal members. Due to the toxic conditions, over 60% of the area’s residents accepted federal buy-out assistance to relocate their homes. The situation has devastated the tax base necessary to continue to offer emergency services to the remaining 6,000 native and non-native citizens of Ottawa County. (More...)
- Kawerak,Inc.: Kawerak, Inc., with headquarters in Nome, Alaska, was organized as a nonprofit corporation 1973. Kawerak provides a variety of services to the twenty Native Alaska villages located in the Bering Straits Region: Diomede, Shishmaref, Wales, Brevig Mission, Mary's Igloo, Teller, King Island, Gambell, Savoonga, Nome, Solomon, Council, Koyuk, Elim, Golovin, White Mountain, Shaktoolik, Unakaleet, St. Michael, and Stebbins. The population of the 20 communities is approximately 9,000 people. In 2004, the Kawerak Board of Directors purchased a 28,000 square foot lot adjacent to the Kawerak offices with the intent of constucting a regional museum and cultural center on the site. (More...)
- Hana Community Health Center: Hana Community Health Center, or Hana Health, is a nonprofit organization formed in 1994, and is located on the island of Maui. The mission of Hana Health is to improve the health and wellness of the Native Hawaiian community of Hana. Hana Health is the only medical facility in Hana, and serves about 3,000 residents. Hana Health provides prevention-oriented health care, acute and chronic care, urgent care, dental care, and limited laboratory testing and x-ray services to clients. Recently, Hana Health created Hana Fresh to encourage healthy eating habits within the local population. (More...)