Membership

Membership Criteria

• Midlands American Indian Studies Council is an organization of American Indian studies teachers, scholars, students, and individuals from colleges and universities in middle America. Its major purposes are to provide a forum for sharing research and supporting American Indian Studies as a discipline in American higher education. The primary means to achieve this goal is an annual council featuring papers and seminars on topics of interest to Indian studies practicioners.

Categories of membership:

• College faculty members who teach courses in Indian Studies whether as part of a department, program, or an individual discipline.

• College undergraduate and graduate students who take Indian Studies courses or research American Indian topics.

• Community members interested in supporting academic discourse in Indian Studies.

Joining Midlands American Indian Studies Council

• At present there are no membership fees. Membership enrollment is designed to provide mailing lists and other means of contact for the Indian Studies community. Please forward the following information to Leonard Bruguier email, or snail mail: Institute of American Indian Studies, University of South Dakota, 414 East Clark Street, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069. Include the following information: Name, mailing address, category of membership, academic interest/specialty, email address, telephone number, and website.

Member Universities and Colleges

• American Indian Studies, Black Hills State University, Spearfish, SD
  
• American Indian Studies, Dakota Wesleyan University, Mitchell, SD
  
• American Indian Studies, Northern State University, Aberdeen, SD
  
• Ethnic Studies, Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN
  
• Indian Studies, Morningside College, Sioux City, IA
  
• Indian Studies Department, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
  
• Institute of American Indian Studies, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD
  
• Native American Club Homepage, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD
  
• Native American Studies, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE

Affiliated nascent programs

• History Department, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA
  
• Department of History, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE

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26 January 2000, lrb