Indigenous Governance Database

Ak-Chin Community Council Task Force

Author
Harvard Project on Indigenous Governance & Development
Year

Over the past few years, the citizens of the Ak-Chin Indian Community, located south of Phoenix, Arizona, have witnessed the land surrounding their reservation rapidly transform from fields into housing subdivisions. Worried about the impact on the reservation, the Ak-Chin Indian Community established its Community Council Task Force. The Task Force reviews all development plans for the lands surrounding the reservation to determine their resulting influence on the Community’s quality of life, and works with developers and neighboring governments to lessen any potential harm.

ancestral lands
collaboration
development plans
land issues
community development
Native Nations
Ak-Chin Indian Community
Resource Type
Honoring Nations Reports
Topics
Economic and Community Development
Governance
Useful Links
NNI "Rebuilding Native Nations" Short Course: Administration
Citation

"Ak-Chin Community Council Task Force." Honoring Nations: 2008 Honoree. Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Cambridge, Massachusetts. 2009. Report. 

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