As a model for long-range planning and problem-solving, the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska is responsive to the needs of the tribal community as well as to Indian traditional values. The tribe has grown from a $6,000 budget in 1965 to todays' multimillion dollar enterprise. In 1980 the Tribe implemented a plan for socioeconomic self-sufficiency to improve the living conditions, health, and education of tribal members. Eighteen participants, including members of the Winnebago Tribal Council, tribal administrative staff, and community dissidents, were involved in a 2-day planning session. Two consensus methodologies were used to identify, clarify, and structure the anticipated problems relevant to implementing a self-sufficiency plan. The Nominal Group Technique (NGT) was used to guide the participants through the identification and clarification of the barriers to implementation. Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM) was used to assist the participants in organizing the problems in a priority structure. A third consensus methodology, idea writing, was used to help teams focus on a particular set of problems identified in the priority structure and to generate options for alleviating the problems. One figure and one table of problems and priority structures are included; 19 reference are attached. (GGH)