Spokane Indian Reservation Third Round Promise Zone Designee
Lead Organization: About Spokane Tribe of Indians Spokane Tribe of Indians
Population: The Spokane Tribe of Indians
2,085 Promise Zone (STIPZ) includes the Spokane Indian Reservation Poverty Rate: (160,000 square acres) and all
32.57% lands held in trust by the federal government on behalf of the Unemployment rate: Spokane Tribe, which include 25.84% 180 square acres near Chewelah, WA, and another 145 Key Partners: square acres in Airway Heights, Spokane Indian Housing WA. With the commitment of Authority, Spokane the Spokane Tribe of Indian’s Tribal Police 2,874 citizens, the Promise Zone Department, Make It will support and strengthen tribal • Create quality employment Right Foundation (Solar institutions. Division), Grid opportunities by establishing Alternatives, Rural Leadership and Goals Tribal corporations that are able to compete at the national and Community Assistance international level Corporation, Minnesota The Spokane Tribe of Indians have • Spur economic development by Housing Partnership, established deep relationships with leveraging private sector Spokane Tribal partners located both within and investments Enterprises, HUD- outside of their ancestral lands. The NwONAP, CATTCOMM, Tribe has identified six “anchor • Improve educational LLC, the Tulalip Tribes, institutions” that will be productive opportunities by Native Networks, partners in helping tribe members increasing enrollment, Stevens County, achieve their five major goals. These funding and degree opportunities for Spokane Spokane Tribal College, partners include the Tribal Tribal College Salish-Kootenai College, Government, Spokane Tribal the Northwest Enterprises, Spokane Indian Housing • Reduce violent crime by revising Commission on Colleges Authority, Wellpinit School District, some of the Tribe’s outdated laws and Universities, the the Bureau of Indian Affairs and and implementing a community Wellpinit School District, Indian Health Services. policing strategy the Unico System, • Increase access to quality affordable Sovereign Power The regional development approach is housing with the implementation of designed to increase quality of life the Wellpinit Core Revitalization and break the cycle of persistent Plan—a comprehensive economic poverty in the Tribe. development plan that provides a land use/urban design and The goals of the plan include efforts community-wealth building strategy to: www.usda.gov/promisezones