We were founded along with Mno-Bmadsen in 2012 by the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi diversify the Band’s financial interests and advance Tribal sovereignty. Today, Seven Generations A+E is as dedicated to Indigenous relationships as on day one, and this commitment now holds true with Indigenous clients and partners and friends from coast to coast.

Focusing on clients that offer us preference as a result of our tribal ownership by the Pokagon Band has been imperative since our founding. This has resulted in successful past performance on hundreds of projects for many federal departments and agencies, as well as a Bodwé federal support services business that significantly grows year after year.

Working with Bodwé transportation and water resource engineers, our structural team embraces their responsibility for human safety and for the protection of natural ecosystems. We understand the dynamics between built structures and potential impacts to people and planet. We design efficient, effective, and durable solutions that fit the context of the community and environment.

With recognized industry expertise in stormwater and flooding as well as natural riverine and manmade conveyance, Bodwé provides waterways analyses, flood studies, dam improvement and removal, and stormwater management design. And with every project, our team takes responsibility for protecting communities and natural ecosystems.

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The Pokagon Health & Wellness Center was an early project that set the stage for more than a decade of healthcare work with tribes, Indian Health Service, Veterans Health Administration, and private healthcare clients. We’ve designed many shapes and forms of physical, emotional, and behavioral health and wellness facilities. We are passionate about healthcare work.

Our team includes key personnel who have spent much of their careers working on public, private, and Native school projects. Today, the Bodwé companies collaborate on many school projects, including building assessments, campus planning and site development, classroom and assembly buildings, athletic fields and facilities, and student dorms and staff housing.

Our experience includes many tribal housing projects, including supportive housing for elders and those with behavioral health challenges. We bring creative solutions to design and build affordable, durable, and nurturing homes that integrate culture and respect the environment. We are also designing a growing portfolio of multi-story, mixed-use residential projects.

Master planning and site development work has been a mainstay of services since our early years helping to design the Pokagon government campus. We are now working with many tribal clients, federal agencies, and cities and communities to design neighborhood sites, retail town plazas, health and wellness master plans, and natural experiences.

When you grow from a local firm to a national client footprint, everyone wants to keep doing work in the community, at least some of the time. Most people care deeply for where they live and the truth is, there needs to be more caring and more intention. That is the kind of work we do where we live, projects that support and uplift people, culture, and community.