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	Indian Affairs Council
		Minnesota was the first state in the nation to establish an Indian Affairs agency that today still provides a model for other states to follow.
		The mission of the Indian Affairs Council is to protect the sovereignty of the 11 Minnesota Tribes and ensure the well being of American Indian citizens throughout the State of Minnesota.
		The council is the legislative body of the band and operates under a constitution and by-laws approved by the U.S. Secretary of the Interior and the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
	www.yellowpages.state.mn.us /is/yellowpages.nsf/0/e447260deb9c2d5b86256b06005677d9?OpenDocument (2570 words)

	Minnesota Indian Affairs Council (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Minnesota Indian Affairs Council was created by the Legislature in 1963, and is the official liaison between the state and its eleven tribal governments.
		The council did not administer the Indian business loan program in a reasonable and prudent manner, and did not comply with some statutory provisions and state policy.
		The council's administrative expenditures were generally reasonable and prudent; however, Finding 9 explains that the council did not pay employees in accordance with applicable bargaining agreements, and Findings 10 - 12 describe weaknesses in the way the council obtained certain goods and professional/technical services.
	www.auditor.leg.state.mn.us /FAD/1999/f9934.htm (278 words)

	Capitol Notebook: Rep. Sondra Erickson appointed to Minnesota Indian Affairs Council
		Minnesota was the first state in the country to establish an Indian Affairs Agency in 1963.
		The MIAC serves as the official liaison between the State of Minnesota and the 11 tribal governments within the state.
		The council advises state government on issues of concern to American Indian communities and plays a central role in the development of legislation.
	hometownsource.com /capitol/2001/may/0531notebook.html (647 words)

	Rum River Name Change Organization
		This picture was taken in Anoka, Minnesota, near the confluence of the Wakan/"Rum" and Mississippi rivers.
		He was a principal founder of the American Indian Press, and served as Executive Director of the National Congress of American Indians.
		WCCO-TV or WCCO 4 is a television station that serves the Minneapolis-St. Paul area of Minnesota.
	www.towahkon.org (2085 words)

	Minnesota Indian Affairs Council (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The council did not formalize an agreement for services received from an employee of another state agency.
		The Minnesota Indian Affairs Council strives to protect the sovereignty of the state’s 11 tribes.
		The council also works to ensure the well being of American Indian citizens throughout the state.
	www.auditor.leg.state.mn.us /Fad/2005/f0553.htm (103 words)

	Minnesota Eco Links
		The Rivers Council of Minnesota is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping Minnesotans protect, restore and and enjoy our 92,000 miles of streams and rivers.
		Minnesota's governor appoints fifteen members of the Minnesota Forest Resources Council (MFRC) and the chairperson; the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council appoints one representative.
		Since the Leagues founding, Minnesota Ikes--22 chapters strong--have been at the forefront of state conservationefforts.Protection of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, creation of Voyageurs National Park, protection ofendangered timber wolves, and establishment of the Upper Mississippi National Fish and Wildlife Refuge are justpart of the division's legacy.
	www.earth-sea.com /States/minnesota.shtml (599 words)

	MPR: Young attorney pushes to be American Indian voice at Capitol
		If Irene Folstrom wins, she would be the first Indian woman to be elected to the state Legislature.
		Nationwide, 48 American Indians are serving in 12 state legislatures, up from 36 a couple of years ago.
		Minnesota's last American Indian state lawmaker was Sen. Harold "Skip" Finn, a Democrat from Cass Lake who resigned in disgrace in 1996 for stealing about $1 million from the Leech Lake Band of Chippewa through a self-insurance scheme.
	news.minnesota.publicradio.org /features/2005/12/31_ap_indiancandidate (1224 words)

	House candidate would support Lenape recognition : ICT [2004/07/07]
		The Governor's Interstate Indian Council, an organization including a membership representing 21 states, working to promote relations between tribes and states, reports that there are currently 32 states that have offices of Indian Affairs.
		Utah's Indian Affairs was established in 1953 as a division of the Department of Community and Economic Development.
		Efforts to create state commissions for Indian Affairs began in the early 1900s, after the Termination Act when many tribes were left as communities and were unable to apply for funding for their people.
	www.indiancountry.com /content.cfm?id=1089230519 (1015 words)

	MPR: Rapid development running into Minnesota's Indian burial mounds
		Several groups in Minnesota are working to find and preserve the region's remaining burial mounds before they disappear.
		Anfinson and his staff are working on a huge database identifying all the Indian burial mounds and old pioneer cemeteries in the state, in hopes of preventing the disturbance of human remains.
		Neither the Indian Affairs Council nor the state archeologist take over the land when a burial mound is found.
	minnesota.publicradio.org /display/web/2006/04/28/effigymounds (798 words)

	Mount Graham Coalition: Minnesota Indian Affairs Council Resolution
		WHEREAS, the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council is the official liaison between national, state, and local units of government in the delivery of services to the American Indians in the State of Minnesota, and
		WHEREAS, some institutions such as the University of Minnesota have announced their intent or may be considering joining the University of Arizona and its collaborators in the observatory which desecrates Dzil Nchaa Si An and continues to harm Western Apache people, their culture and their religion.
		BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council join and ask all universities or other entities foreign and domestic to join the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council and stop the practice of desecrating this sacred site.
	www.mountgraham.org /whitepapers/mniacres.html (297 words)

	Minnesota Fire Service News - Links Page (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The mission of the Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources is to assist local governments and others to manage and conserve irreplaceable water and soil resources under their stewardship, with an emphasis on private lands.
		The Council on Black Minnesotans(CBM) was created in 1980 to address the unmet needs and ongoing issues impacting Minnesotans of African descent and ensure that the needs of their constituents are conveyed to the policy makers and others in positions of authority who impact the well-being of this population.
		Minnesota Milestones Publications -- The reports track 70 progress indicators to determine whether the state has moved closer to 19 goals for Minnesota's people, economy, community life, government, and environment.
	www.minnesotafireservice.com /links_government_state_boards.html (5143 words)

	NAGPRA NOTICES OF INVENTORY COMPLETION: Notice of Inventory Completion: Minnesota Indian Affairs Council, Bemidji, MN, ...
		Marshall donated to the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council the remains of four individuals that he had recovered in an area adjacent to Winnibigoshish Dam between 1965 and 1968.
		Officials of the Minnesota Indians Affairs Council and Chippewa National Forest have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 10), the human remains described above represent the physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
		Officials of the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council and Chippewa National Forest also have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is a relationship of shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the Native American human remains and the Leech Lake Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nagpra/fed_notices/nagpradir/nic0735.html (457 words)

	International Indian Treaty Council & AIM Speakers Bureau
		In 1977 the Treaty Council was recognized as a Non-Governmental Organization by the United Nations enabling participation in the U.N. Commission on Human Rights, the Working Group on Indigenous Populations and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.
		Vernon is a principal spokesman for the American Indian Movement and a leader in actions ranging from the 1972 occupation of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Washington to the 1992 Redskin Superbowl demonstrations.
		Sarah represents her people under the direction of the village elders and is dedicated to protecting the caribou herd and the basic tribal and human right to continue the Gwich'in way of life in the same place as it has been for thousands of years.
	www.aimovement.org /iitc (3859 words)

	Indian Affairs - State of Minnesota
		Established in 1963, the Indian Affairs Council is the oldest council in the nation and serves as the official liaison of the Indian tribes and the state of Minnesota.
		Indian Country had a very successful year at the State Legislature during the last session.
		There are 11 tribal nations in Minnesota and we've got a lot of the information you need to know about them.
	www.indianaffairs.state.mn.us (172 words)

	Minnesota Hunger Partners
		Hunger Solutions Minnesota is a statewide partnership of organizations fighting hunger.
		Thousands of corporations, congregations, civic groups, schools and individuals come together to raise millions of pounds of food and dollars to restock the food shelves of Minnesota, who in turn feed hungry families who need help.
		Minnesota Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) was created in 1965 with federal support to assist local communities to battle poverty and administer anti-poverty programs.
	www.mnhungerpartners.org /abouthp.asp (459 words)

	American Indian Policy Center
		Information about tribes in Minnesota and excerpts from curriculum material on American Indian issues.
		Her goal is to provide access to home pages of individual Native Americans and Nations, and to other sites that provide solid information about American Indians, and she does a darn good job.
		From the weekly paper that provides Indian Country with news and issues from a native perspective, here's the on-line version.
	www.airpi.org /links.html (222 words)

	FSTS Minnesota Archaeology - Web Links
		The Minnesota Archaeology Education Network at Hamline University
		Institute of American Indian Studies, University of South Dakota
		Minnesota - The Indian Tribes of North America by John R. Swanton
	www.fromsitetostory.org /links.asp (217 words)

	Miscellaneous information on Minnesota Indian Reservations and Indian communities
		Canadian Indian treaties - selected treaties from the National Archives of Canada, RG 10, records relating to Indian affairs
		Treaties of Canada with the Indians of Manitoba and the North-west Territories, by Alexander Morris
		1836 census of the Mixed-Blood Indians of Michigan (surname index)
	www.maquah.net /Minn-Rez.html (313 words)

	National Indian Gaming Assoc.
		The mission of the Office of Tribal Justice is to advise the Attorney General on matters that impact Indian tribes, to coordinate the Department's policies and positions on tribal issues, to consult with federally recognized Indian tribes, and to cooperate with appropriate federal, state, and local governmental institutions.
		The Bureau of Indian Affairs' mission is to enhance the quality of life, to promote economic opportunity, and to carry out the responsibility to protect and improve the trust assets of American Indians, Indian tribes and Alaska Natives.
		The mission of the Indian Affairs Council is to protect the sovereignty of the 11 Minnesota Tribes and the well-being ofAmerican Indian people throughout the state of Minnesota.
	www.indiangaming.org /library/links/index.shtml (902 words)

	Conscious Choice: The State of Progress in Indian Country
		According to the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council, "Natives" today total two million in the U.S. and are among the poorest in the nation.
		Whether Indian people are considering the best possible way to combat alcohol and poverty, how best to preserve language, or just how individuals perceive progress, respect appears fundamental.
		It involved approximately 30 Indian men, women, and children with 150 FBI agents, Bureau of Indian Affairs police, U.S. Marshals, and local police.
	www.consciouschoice.com /1999/cc1206/stateofaffairs.html (2254 words)

	CMA Bylaws (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The President of the Minnesota Archaeological Society and the Executive Director of the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council or their designated representatives shall be regular members during their terms in office in those organizations.
		All or any public and/or private educational, scientific research or governmental institutions with the State of minnesota which normally employ professional archaeologist, or are engaged in the interpretation of Minnesota archaeology, shall be invited to institutional membership.
		Action by the Council on the first two courses of action requires a majority vote of the members present at a regular meeting, while action on the third course requires a three-fourths (3/4) vote of the members present at a regular meeting.
	www1.minn.net /~pemerson/CMA/bylaws.htm (2599 words)

	Untitled Document
		The Minnesota Indian Affairs Council provides a list of suggestions to help you develop sound relationships with tribal officials.
		Tribal sovereignty is that the American Indian tribal powers originate with the history of tribes managing their own affairs.
		The primary purpose of the TERO program is to ensure that Indian people gain their rightful share to employment, training, business and all other economic opportunities on and near reservations or Native villages.
	www.dot.state.mn.us /mntribes/handbook/faqs.html (503 words)

	Dakota Oyate remains return to nation Dakota Oyate remains return to nation : ICT [1998/05/18]
		Executive director for the Association on Indian American Affairs Jerry Flute said the remains of the 273 Dakota individuals, as well their burial artifacts, were looted from burial mounds throughout Minnesota in the late 1800s and were taken to universities where they were catalogued and studied.
		Of the 273 remains, 196 are identified as "Dakota," and representatives from many Dakota nations as well as drum groups and spiritual leaders and Akicita from various Dakota bands have been invited to attend the reburial ceremony.
		The Minnesota Indian Affairs Council purchased red felt to wrap around the individual remains.
	www.indiancountry.com /content.cfm?id=1028137988 (311 words)

	Joe Day takes new job as state Department of Corrections liaison
		The council was established to provide a liaison with state government, as the federal government “moved many of its programs to the state, forcing the tribes to work with the state, and historically states have not been friendly in their dealings,” Day said.
		Also, the tribes may discuss changing the MIAC membership to appointed representatives, rather than the tribal chairmen, and come up with a new mechanism to ensure a government-to-government relationship with the governor’s office.
		And, while American Indians make up about 2 percent of the city population, 30 percent of the city’s homeless are Indian.
	www.rlnn.com /ArtJune06/JoeDaysStateDeptCorrectionsLiaison.html (1120 words)

	Rum River Name Change Organization
		In an article published in Minnesota’s best-selling state-wide daily newspaper, the Star Tribune, there are the words: Last month, the Cambridge City Council took its own stand in Dahlheimer’s crusade, voting to rename "West Rum River Drive to Spirit River Drive.
		He was a principal founder of the American Indian Press, and served as Executive Director of the National Congress of American Indians.
		WCCO-TV or WCCO 4 is a television station that serves the Minneapolis-St. Paul area of Minnesota.
	www.towahkon.org /index.html (1694 words)

	White Earth, Minnesota, Ojibwe Reservation
		It was going to be a sort of isolated internment camp to which all the Woodland Indians of Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and probably elsewhere were to be sent.
		As well as painting modern Indian times in both modern and traditional styles, Bradley is a founder and important thinker for the Center for the (Native American Indian) Spirit, in San Francisco, where he now lives.
		However it is outweighed by the degree of fakery, of non-Indian artists selling fake Indian art of all media, and the imports of fake crafts from Oriental countries, that went on and still does go on.
	www.kstrom.net /isk/maps/mn/whitearth.htm (2228 words)

	Former U professor works to preserve Dakota language - Minnesota Daily
		After a six-week conflict with the United States in 1862, Dakota tribes in Minnesota - who had numbered between 5,000 and 10,000 in the state's southern half - were sent by the government to non-Minnesota communities or fled to western territories and Canada.
		High school American Indian students visit the Gibbs Farm Museum in St. Paul on Wednesday as part of a two-day conference to preserve the Dakota language and culture.
		McKay said American Indians need to visit and learn from their elders because it's like a "whole New York public library disappearing" when one of them dies.
	www.mndaily.com /articles/2001/09/21/27797 (1093 words)

	Opposition to telescope plan gains momentum - Minnesota Daily
		Howard said many American Indian studies faculty members are drafting a letter to be sent next week to Yudof, urging the University to respect Apache religious rights and decline involvement.
		On Jan. 15, the Indian affairs council, which consists of 11 Minnesota tribes, passed a unanimous resolution requesting the University and all other institutions to "look elsewhere for their astronomical developments."
		During the 1990s, a number of universities that either considered involvement or were formal partners - including the universities of Pittsburgh and Toronto - came under pressure from faculty and their communities and were sites of demonstrations and protests.
	www.mndaily.com /articles/2002/01/23/29613 (971 words)

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