NATIVE AMERICAN ORGANIZATIONS AND URBAN INDIAN CENTERS

Last update - September 16, 2008.
Maintained by Lisa Mitten

• Aboriginal Services Kiosk - "... a database of contact information for over 1000 organizations, programs and services for people of aboriginal ancestry in Saskatchewan." Added 5/27/04; updated 6/1/08

• Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians Added 8/1/97; updated 6/1/08

• AIRRNET - American Indian Resources and Referral Database - for Native peoples in the Twin Cities area. Added 7/14/00

• Alaska's People, Inc. - promoting the employment and training of Alaska Natives and American Indians. Added 3/5/00; updated 5/18/01

• Albuquerque Indian Center Added 4/8/02; updated 6/1/08

• Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association - a nonprofit tribal organization of the Aleut people in Alaska ... Added 11/1/04

• Alliance of Tribal Tourism Advocates - an association of tribes, Indians, and non-Indians concerned about responsible tourism development on reservations and off-reservation Indian communities. Added 1/26/98; updated 6/1/08

• American Indian Business Leaders - Added 1/31/04; updated 4/2/04

• American Indian Center of Chicago Added 7/28/99; updated 5/18/01

• American Indian Center of South Carolina Added 7/8/99; updated 6/1/08

• American Indian Chamber of Commerce of Oklahoma Added 4/8/02

• American Indian Community House - AICH - the Big Apple's Indian Center since 1969 Added 3/8/99; updated 6/20/00

• American Indian Culture Research Center - at the Blue Cloud Abbey in SD. Added 8/30/97

• American Indian Education Center - in Cleveland. Added 2/21/00; updated 6/1/08

• American Indian Library Association Added 8/28/96; updated 11/17/06

• American Indian Movement - AIM Added 6/1/08

• AIM Support Group of Ohio & Northern Kentucky Added 11/18/99; updated 8/2/03

• American Indian Policy Center Added 3/3/97; updated 5/18/01

• American Indian Science and Engineering Society Headquarters - AISES Added 9/12/96; updated 10/16/98

• American Indian Prevention Coalition - NDNS4Wellnes - an inter-tribal, non-profit organization promoting safe, healthy and drug-free Indian communities, families and individuals on and off the reservation. Added 2/23/00

• American Indian Society of Washington, D.C. Added 7/12/00; updated 6/1/08

• Assembly of First Nations - the major intertribal government group in Canada Added 10/19/98

• Association Agondachia - Huron-Wendat organization in Quebec. Added 11/9/01

• Association for the Study of American Indian Literatures - ASAIL Added 12/3/99; updated 6/1/08

• Association of American Indian Physicians Added 9/24/96; updated 6/1/08

• Baltimore American Indian Center Added 4/22/97;updated 6/1/08

• Boys & Girls Clubs in Indian Country Added 5/27/04

• Bristol Bay Native Association - Alaska regional native group. Added 8/3/01

• British Columbia Aboriginal Network on Disability Society Added 3/31/00

• California Indian Museum and Cultural Center Added 3/6/99; updated 6/1/08

• Center for American Indian Economic Development (CAIED) - at Northern Arizona University's College of Business Administration. Added 3/11/00

• Chattanooga InterTribal Association Added 3/13/96; updated 6/1/08

• Chiefs of Ontario - a coordinating body for 134 First Nation communities located within the boundaries of the Province of Ontario, Canada. Added 7/28/99

• Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission Added 11/9/01; updated 12/16/02

• Congress of Aboriginal Peoples - Canadian organization representing off-reserve aboriginal peoples Added 10/19/98

• Council of Three Rivers American Indian Center - in Pittsburgh, PA. Added 3/21/99; updated 6/1/08

• The Denver Indian Center Added 12/14/95; updated 4/5/02

• Denver Indian Family Resource Center Added 4/26/03

• Eyapaha Institute - founded by noted Lakota singer/songwriter/actor Floyd Red Crow Westerman, "...to address racism, discrimination, depredation and genocide of Indigenous Peoples the world..." Added 7/26/00; updated 6/1/08

• First Nations Development Institute - founded in 1980 to help tribes build sound, sustainable reservation economies. Added 5/31/99; updated 5/18/01

• Five Civilized Tribes Museum Added 7/7/99; updated 6/1/08

• Fort Erie Native Friendship Centre - an urban center just across the river from Buffalo Added 1/31/97; updated 6/1/08

• Futures for Children - supporting Native communities in the southwestern U.S. and several Latin American countries. Added 2/5/99; updated 7/5/00

• Gedakina, Inc. - a nonprofit intertribal organization in Vermont offering alternative programs for Eastern First Nations youth in the northeastern United States and southeastern Canada. Added 4/26/03; updated 11/12/04

• Grand River Employment and Training - GREAT - employment for the Onkwehon:we of the Grand River Territory (Ontario) Added 2/23/00

• Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission - GLIFWC Added 1/7/98; updated 5/3/99

• Great Lakes Intertribal Council - Native Wisconsin home page Added 9/10/99; updated 5/18/01

• The Hopi Foundation = Lomasumi'nangwtukwsiwmani - Added 1/31/04

• Indian Arts & Crafts Association Added 8/30/97

• Indian Defense League of America Added 10/30/96; updated 6/1/08

• Indian Health Service Home Page - from the U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services, and including specific information on the twelve IHS area office hospitals ) Added 8/6/99; updated 6/1/08

• Indian Law Resource Center Added 7/28/99

• Institute for Aboriginal Health - at the University of British Columbia. Added 1/6/00

• Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals - ITEP Added 3/11/00; updated 6/1/08

• Intertribal Bison Cooperative - 42 tribes cooperating in raising and managing a herd of over 8,000 bison. Added 1/6/99; updated 5/18/01

• The Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada Added 10/29/96; updated 6/1/08

• International Indian Treaty Council - IITC Added 9/30/96; updated 7/19/99

• Iroquois Studies Association Added 1/15/99; updated 6/1/08

• Keewaytinook Okimakanak - K-Net, a non-political Chiefs Council advising and assisting their Ojibwa-Cree member First Nations. Added 4/29/99; updated 6/1/08

• Lakota Student Alliance Added 2/28/98

• The Lenni Lenape Historical Society and Museum of Indian Culture Added 8/30/97; updated 7/5/00

• Melungeon Heritage Association, Inc. Added 7/24/00; updated 6/1/08

• Midwest Treaty Network Added 3/6/97

• Migizi Communications, Inc. - an educational and communications organization in Minneapolis working for Native peoples Added 11/8/96

• Mi'kmaq Association for Cultural Studies Added 4/26/03

• Minnesota Indian Affairs Council Added 12/18/98; updated 6/1/08

• Minnesota Indian Women's Resource Center Added 10/9/96; updated 4/2/04

• Montana - Wyoming Tribal Leaders Council Added 6/20/97; updated 6/1/08

• National Association of Friendship Centres - Indian centers in Canada Added 10/19/98

• National Center for American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research Added 6/16/99; updated 9/29/02

• National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development Added 1/6/00

• National Coalition on Racism in Sports and the Media (NCRSM) - Added 11/1/04

• National Congress of American Indians - NCAI - the biggest and oldest of the national Indian organizations. Added 11/23/99; updated 5/18/01

• NICWA - National Indian Child Welfare Association Added 2/28/98

• National Indian Gaming Association Added 12/21/95; updated 10/01/04

• National Indian Justice Center Added 8/20/99; updated 6/1/08

• National Indian Women's Health Resource Center Added 9/16/08

• National Museum of the American Indian - our new museum at the Smithsonian Institution. Added 10/5/99

• National Native American AIDS Prevention Center Added 5/18/01

• National Native American EMS Association Added 7/12/99

• National Society for American Indian Elderly - NSAIE Added 2/4/00

• National Tribal Development Association Added 4/7/97; updated 6/1/08

• National Urban Indian Family Coalition - "a coalition of nonprofit urban Indian community centers representing 12 of the largest and most comprehensive Urban Indian populations in the country." Added 12/12/04

• Native American Art Studies Association Added 10/3/01

• Native American Business Alliance - Added 9/24/99

• Native American Cultural Center (Rochester, NY) Added 1/22/06

• Native American Recreation & Sport Institute - NARSI Added 3/12/98

• Native American Rights Fund - NARF (Added 5/5/96)

• Native American Sports Council - NASC - a member of the U.S. Olympic Committee. Added 8/20/99

• Native American Women's Health Education Resource Center - a grassroots organization based at Yankton, SD Added 6/13/98

• Native Men's Residence - a temporary home for Native men in Toronto. Added 9/14/99

• North American Indian Legal Services - Sisseton-Wahpeton attorney Brenda J. Bellonger. Added 2/16/00; updated 5/18/01

• North American Native Bankers Association Added 7/4/00

• Northern California Indian Development Council Added 10/17/98

• Northwest Indian Housing Association Added 10/11/99

• Odawa Native Friendship Centre Added 10/17/98

• Oklahoma Indian Affairs Commission Added 1/22/2000

• Ontario First Nations Technical Services Corporation Added 5/10/97

• Red Earth, Inc. - an Oklahoma City-based nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote, preserve, and promulgate the rich traditions of American Indian History and Cultures. Added 3/27/00

• San Diego American Indian Health Center Added 2/26/99; updated 7/01/08

• Seventh Generation Fund - the only Native American intermediary foundation and advocacy organization dedicated to promoting and maintaining the uniqueness of Native Peoples and nations. Added 8/31/99; updated 7/01/08

• Small Business Administration. Office of Native American Affairs Added 3/27/05

• Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science - SACNAS Added 5/21/98

• South and Meso American Indian Rights Center - SAIIC Added 1/14/96; updated 1/3/99

• South Carolina Indian Affairs Commission Added 2/21/03

• Southern California Indian Center, Inc. Added 6/14/04; updated 7/01/08

• Treaty 7 Management Corporation - from Alberta, Canada Added 9/10/96; updated 7/01/08

• Tribal Court Clearinghouse - a resource for tribal justice systems and others involved in the enhancement of justice in Indian country. Added 7/16/99

• Tribal Preservation Program - from the National Park Service. Added 7/1/99; updated 7/01/08

• Tulsa Creek Indian Community Added 4/2/04; updated 7/01/08

• Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs Added 8/24/99; updated 5/18/01

• United Confederation of Taino People - UCTP Added 9/29/02

• United Indian Cultural Group, Inc. - supporting the religious freedom of Native inmates in Kansas prisons. Added 2/21/03

• UNITY - United National Indian Tribal Youth Added 9/6/96

• USET - United South and Eastern Tribes Added 12/5/95; Updated 10/22/99; updated 7/01/08

• Virginia Council on Indians Added 5/27/04

• Virginia Indian Tribal Alliance for Life - VITALS Added 5/27/04

• Visions - Native health in Canada. Added 10/3/97

• Waseskun Network - a totally Native community residential centre (CRC) in the province of Quebec for First Nations men. Added 3/2/99; updated 5/18/01

• We'kopekwitk Metis Council - in Nova Scotia. Added 7/12/99

• Woodland Cultural Centre - in Ontario. Added 7/29/97; updated 7/01/08

• Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers & Storytellers. Added 3/8/99; updated 9/29/01

• Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation - culturally relevant programs for primary care, prevention and health promotion. Added 3/7/00

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