This work is a survey of nearly 400 Native households in the seven-county Detroit metropolitan region. The project was conducted in partnership with urban Native centers in Detroit.

The goal of this partnership was to do a broad scale needs assessment survey of American Indian individuals and households in the seven county Detroit Metropolitan region, including Wayne, Monroe, Macomb, Oakland, Washtenaw, Lenawee and St. Clair counties.

The overall goal of the survey is to provide a baseline dataset that can be used to refine, develop and implement programs and policies relevant to the communities served by the four American Indian partner organizations and to disseminate the results of the survey to members of the southeast Michigan American Indian community, and in-state tribal governments.