Abstract

Ft. McDowell Yavapai Nation: GIS Supports Core Functions and Decisions
Track: Tribal/Indigenous GIS Programs
Authors: Erika McCalvin, Justin Perry, Alex Wood

Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation (FMYN) uses GIS to manage and add value to numerous tribal operations and functions. Over the past four years, with use of Esri software, FMYN established and implemented a GIS program characterizing important natural and cultural features along with tribal enterprises.

The GIS program enables FMYN staff to efficiently meet agency reporting requirements and share data, preserve cultural information, characterize land use, comply with water-usage agreements, manage agricultural irrigation, map crop types, monitor water and air quality, generate sophisticated maps, track mosquito-borne disease, and collect and organize field data.

The GIS is used to model land use, the tribal cemetery, transportation, agriculture and irrigation structure, source-water areas, building footprints, air- and water-quality monitor sites, mining ponds, bald-eagle nesting locations, addressing-E911 service, and public-works infrastructure zones.

Learn how GPS and Esri's platform are used in development and management of an enterprise geospatial program supporting multiple tribal functions.