Al Nygard Consulting (ANC) is a Native American owned Management Consulting firm that specializes in culturally sensitive approaches to management, planning, and development. We are highly skilled in providing community empowerment/development services; particularly to Native American communities. ANC has developed a framework — The Art of the Native ViewSM — that empowers Native communities toward action and reducing the damaging effects of poverty with remarkable results. We are one of the Nation’s experts in this work. ANC received the Excellence in Community Development Programming award from the National Association of Community Development Extension Professionals for their landmark work with Native communities. That work has become the centerpiece of the first ever professional certification as Native Community and Economic Development Professionals awarded by the Community Development Council. ANC also partnered with Innovative Leadership Australia to create The Futures Game—The REZ which is a scenario planning simulation set in a Native context. The Futures Game—The REZ, and ANC’s associated work with Native empowerment and communitysustainability, was featured at the 6th International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability at the University of Cuenca, Ecuador.