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Indian 101

Americans for Indian Opportunity 1001 Marquette Ave NW Albuquerque, NM 87120 Phone: 505-842-8677 Fax: 505-842-8658 E-mail: aio@aio.org Website: www.aio.org Follow us on Facebook and Twitter @AIOAmbassadors

Indian 101 Americans for Indian Opportunity’s Indian 101 is a cultural competency training program, lauded for its nonvictim and no-blame approach to presenting Native American history and culture, analysis of federal/tribal governmental relations and Indian policy, and background on contemporary Native peoples.

“We don’t study the history of America.

We study the history of the Europeans coming to America.”

LaDonna Harris (Comanche) President, Americans for Indian Opportunity (AIO)

The training moves audiences away from a culture of oppression mentality toward a positive, realistic understanding of the contemporary Indigenous peoples and modern tribal governments of the United States. The program emphasizes the significance of Native American values and resilience.

AIO’s Indian 101 can be tailored to the needs of any organization, institution, school, business or conference. As a one-time seminar or in a series of workshops, Indian 101 can be adapted for diverse audiences, both Native and non-Native.

AIO paints a picture of what tribal America looked like pre-contact; how Indigenous trade, farming, arts and culture formed the American landscape.

Participants will learn how official U.S. federal policies have positively and negatively impacted Native Americans.

The training shows how dedicated Indigenous leaders and activists continuously re-invent our own styles of leadership to identify more effective means of self-governance, economic development and environmental stewardship.