Ƙungiyar Ilimi ta Indiya ta Kasa

Ƙungiyar Ilimi ta Indiya ta Kasa (NIEA) ita ce kawai ƙungiyar ba ba riba ba ƙasa da ke da alaƙa da batutuwan ilimi ga Indiyawan Amurka, 'Yan asalin Alaska, da' 'Yan asalin Hawaiian na Amurka.

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A watan Maris na shekara ta 1969, Sparlin Norwood, Cherokee, malami a makarantar sakandare ta tsakiya a Bartlesville, Oklahoma, ya shirya taron malamai na Indiya a Warm Springs Indian Reservation a Oregon, a matsayin wani ɓangare na matsayinsa na Ƙungiyar Ilimi ta Kasa.

A shekara ta 1969, Rosemary Christensen ta shirya taron kasa kan ilimin Indiya a matsayin wani ɓangare na aikinta a Cibiyar Nazarin Yankin Midwest (UMREL) da ke Minneapolis. Mambobin kwamitin tsarawa sun fito ne daga yankin Minneapolis mafi girma amma mahalarta sun fito ne manipud sassa daban-daban na kasar kuma sun amince cewa ya kamata a sake gudanar da irin wannan taron. A ƙarshen wannan taron na farko ƙungiyar Minnesota ta tambayi Christensen don tattauna ra'ayin ƙungiyar ƙasa ta malamai Indiya yayin da yake taron malaman Indiya na Amurka, wanda aka gudanar a Jami'ar Princeton, Maris 1970.

Jeannette Henry Costo da Rupert Costo, tare da tallafin Gidauniyar Ford, sun taimaka wajen tsara Taron Farko na Masanan Indiyawan Amurka. Wannan ya haɗu da malamai na Indiya waɗanda ke da hannu sosai a cikin ilimin ɗaliban 'yan asalin ƙasar a makarantun firamare, sakandare, da shirye-shiryen jami'a. Sparlin Norwood, William Demmert, da Rosemary Christensen sun halarci wannan taron. Haɗin malamai na Indiya sun sami sha'awa ɗaya kuma sun kafa ƙungiyar tattaunawa don yin la'akari da ayyukan nan gaba waɗanda za su haɗa su lokaci-lokaci don magance batutuwan ilimin Indiya da kuma koyo daga juna. Manyan masu shirya wannan ƙungiyar tattaunawa sun haɗa da Sparlin Norwood, Hershal (Ace) Shamant, Marigold Linton, Rosemary Christensen, John Winchester, Liz Whiteman, Dillon Platero, da William Demmert da Ned Hatathli, waɗanda duk za su zama mambobi na farko na "National Indian Education Association" Board of Directors. Akwai wasu mahalarta da suka halarci a matsayin masu kallo da masu tattaunawa ciki har da George Scott, Carl Downing, Sam Billison, Lee Antell da sauransu da yawa.

Wannan rukuni ya yanke shawarar zama ƙungiya mai zaman kanta, kuma ya zaɓi "National Indian Education Association" (NIEA) a matsayin sunan da za a haɗa shi. Gordon J. Amundson ya taimaka wa Rosemary Christensen don yin fayil don shigar da takardu. Jami'an, mambobin kwamitin, da sauran bukatun ƙungiya an gudanar da su a Taron Kungiyar Ilimi ta Indiya ta 1970.

An kafa NIEA a ranar 21 ga watan Agusta, 1970 (lambar fayil 1646) a Minneapolis, Minnesota .  Sa hannu na asali na takardun haɗin kai sune Rosemary Christensen, Elgie Raymond, da Will Antell .

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