小韦斯利-查尔斯-雅各布斯 农村规划师

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Wesley Charles Jacobs Jr.
Rural Planner | Class of 1987
Title
Rural Planner
Location
Porcupine, South Dakota
Age
32 at time of award
Area of Focus
Housing and Community/Economic Development
Published July 1, 1987
ABOUT WESLEY'S WORK
Wesley Jacobs is a rural planner involved in efforts to improve the living conditions and economy of tribal areas with high unemployment and poverty.

Jacobs, an Oglala Sioux, worked in the Midwest for the First Nation’s Financial Project: the only self-help network of tribes devoted to alternative economic development.  His research on the extent and impact of reservation trade on surrounding border towns and his investigation of the mutually dependent relationship of that trade, have opened up new areas of analysis.  His work inaugurated a significant shift away from federal government grants to private funding aimed at making the Sioux more self-sufficient.  His findings have brought hope and new economic development to one of the poorest areas of the nation.

BIOGRAPHY
Jacobs has developed handbooks and workshops to assist tribal groups in need of business and marketing assistance.  He has also had a role in the establishment of the Lakota Fund, a revolving sum of money for launching local enterprise on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota.

Jacobs received a B.S. (1978) from South Dakota State University and an M.R.P. (1983) from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Last updated January 1, 2005.



小韦斯利-查尔斯-雅各布斯
农村规划师 | 1987级
职称
农村规划师
工作地点
南达科他州波尔库平市
年龄
获奖时为32岁
重点领域
住房和社区/经济发展
发表于1987年7月1日
关于韦斯利的工作
韦斯利-雅各布斯是一名农村规划师，参与了改善高失业率和高贫困率的部落地区的生活条件和经济的工作。

雅各布斯是奥格拉拉苏族人，在中西部为第一民族的金融项目工作：这是唯一一个致力于替代性经济发展的部落自助网络。 他对保留地贸易的程度和对周围边境城镇的影响的研究，以及他对这种贸易的相互依赖关系的调查，开辟了新的分析领域。 他的工作开启了从联邦政府拨款到私人资金的重大转变，旨在使苏族人更加自给自足。 他的研究结果为全国最贫穷的地区之一带来了希望和新的经济发展。

传记
雅各布斯编写了手册和研讨会，以协助需要商业和营销援助的部落团体。 他还在建立拉科塔基金方面发挥了作用，这是一笔用于在南达科他州的松树岭保留地启动当地企业的循环资金。

雅各布斯获得了南达科他州大学的学士学位（1978年）和马萨诸塞大学阿默斯特分校的R.P.硕士学位（1983年）。

最后更新于2005年1月1日。