Fort Mojave Indian Tribe
A community app that brings members, news, and resources together.
The Fort Mojave Indian Tribe is a sovereign Tribal Nation in the tri-state area. Its people are Pipa Aha Macav, The People By The River, and Mojave culture traces their earthly origins to Spirit Mountain, the highest peak in the Newberry Mountains. The reservation covers nearly 42,000 acres along the Colorado River: 23,669 acres in Mohave County, Arizona, 12,633 acres beside Needles, California, and 5,582 acres in Clark County, Nevada. Tribal headquarters are in Needles.
The Tribe runs Anya Itpak Elementary School, the Fort Mojave Wellness Center, the Aha Macav Housing Entity, child care, law enforcement and a Tribal Advocate, alongside enterprises including Avi Resort & Casino, Spirit Mountain Casino, Fort Mojave Telecommunications and the Fort Mojave Utilities Authority. An annual Pow Wow each February draws Native Americans from tribes across the United States.
Explore the app
Members live in three states, and news from the Tribe was spread across the Tribal website, a separate Tribal Members Portal, department sites, Facebook and YouTube. The Fort Mojave Indian Tribe app, powered by Communikit, brings it into one feed with tabs for All, Tribal Members Only, News and Events. A pinned form invites members to join the FMIT Members Only group, so notices meant for enrolled members reach them and nobody else. Coverage such as NPR’s reporting on the Tribe’s fight for the future of its water sits alongside the calendar and job openings across Tribal departments and enterprises.
An app that feels like Fort Mojave Indian Tribe
Members search for Fort Mojave and find their own Tribe. The app opens on the Tribal seal, with its Nevada, California and Arizona segments joined by the river, set over the desert and mountains of the reservation. The Tribe’s gold runs through every screen, and the About Us story tells the history of the Pipa Aha Macav in the Tribe’s own words.
Twenty-five posters, tent cards, social graphics, a press release and an install contest ran alongside the launch, so the app reached phones on both sides of the river. Technical Support sits in every member’s profile menu and comes to our team rather than the Tribal office. Critical Alerts go out on push, SMS and voice from one send, reaching members in Arizona, California and Nevada at the same time.
Launch support that got the app onto phones
An app nobody has installed is not a communication channel. The launch package covered printed material, social graphics and a managed install campaign across the reservation’s three states, and members who need help with the app call us instead of the Tribal office in Needles.
