Asset-based community development and community capitals: A case study of development on an isolated Indian Reservation.

摘要

This research project is an ethnographic case study of community development efforts of an isolated Indian Reservation that is located in the Northern Great Plains of the United States. A model based on Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) (Kretzmann and McKnight 1993; Mathie and Cunningham 2002; 2003) and the Community Capitals Framework (CCF) (Flora, Flora and Fey 2004; Flora 2005a; Flora 2005b) was used to assess community development in the community. Data indicated tentative success of ABCD and the existence of each form of capital. Under-used resources were also discovered.;The theoretical basis of this dissertation is a combination of ABCD and CCF. Scott (2002) provided additional theoretical support. The qualitative method used was Action Research. The action produced by this research was the production of a long-range plan for community development. Primary data in the form of responses from 44 interviews of community leaders and members are reflected in this plan. Copies of this plan were submitted to the United States Department of Agriculture and provided to community leaders. This plan, while long ranged, also provided short-term, free and low cost recommendations to the community.