Native Communities
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From numbers to narratives: Why Native voices matter in data
With its suite of tools, the Center for Indian Country Development enhances access to Native community economic data. Tools like Native Economic Trends fill data gaps and provide insights to advance Native Nations’ economic self-determination and Indigenous communities’ prosperity.
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Investing in health, tribal nations reap more than economic benefits
Improving and growing their health care infrastructure with their communities front of mind, three tribal nations in Oklahoma fuel employment, expand quality health care access, and enhance economic benefits for Native American citizens and the broader regional economy.
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Native Economic Trends
Native Economic Trends brings together decades of data to visualize socioeconomic change over time—for individual Native places and for Indian Country as a whole. Drawing from publicly available data, this interactive tool enables users to explore patterns in population, infrastructure, and economic measures for Native geographies and communities.
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Native Entrepreneurship Dashboard
Entrepreneurship plays an important role in the health of an economy, driving economic growth and sparking innovation. The dashboard provides two key metrics for understanding the rate of entrepreneurship for American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) workers relative to the U.S. workforce as a whole.
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Native Community Data Profiles
Information about our communities helps us tell our stories. The Native Community Data Profiles tool connects data from a variety of public sources for a place-based look at a range of topics. By helping to paint a holistic picture of Native communities and geographic areas, the tool aims to increase understanding of the rich variation…
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Native American Funding and Finance Atlas
The Native American Funding and Finance Atlas is a tool that helps users identify economic development resources and opportunities in Indian Country.
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Tribal Economic Zones
The Tribal Economic Zones tool provides insights on the distances people travel to places-of-interest (POIs) on reservations and the industries of those POIs.
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Native American Labor Market Dashboard
A data tool to illuminate current labor market conditions for Native people.
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Native American Financial Institutions Maps
Showing headquarter locations and asset sizes of banks and credit unions owned by, and community development financial institutions primarily serving, American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian individuals and communities.