Minnesota Indian Affairs Council

The Minnesota Indian Affairs Council (MIAC) was created by the Minnesota Legislature in 1963 to provide a liaison between the government of Minnesota and the American Indian tribes in the state.[1] The council also brings issues of concern to Indians living in urban areas to the attention of the state government. It was the first state-level Indian affairs agency to be established in the United States.[2]

Minnesota Indian Affairs Council
Agency overview
Formed1963 (1963)
Preceding agency
  • Indian Affairs Intertribal Board
HeadquartersSaint Paul, Minnesota Bemidji, Minnesota
Agency executive
  • Shannon Geshick, Executive Director
Parent departmentMinnesota Legislature
Websitehttps://mn.gov/indianaffairs/index.html

Mission and vision

The mission of MIAC is "to protect the sovereignty of the 11 Minnesota tribes and ensure the well-being of all American Indian citizens throughout the state of Minnesota."[1] The organization's vision, as given in a 2020 report by Wilder Research, is "to strive for social, economic, and political justice for all American Indian people living in Minnesota, while embracing our traditional cultural and spiritual values."[3]

Tribal nations

The council communicates with governments of eleven Indian reservations recognized by the United States federal government.[1] Seven are Anishinaabe (Chippewa, Ojibwe) reservations and four are Dakota (Sioux) communities, listed below:

The Ho-chunk Nation and the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe are absent, though the six component members of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe have been included in MIAC.

References
  1. "MN Indian Affairs Council: Home". mn.gov. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
  2. "Indian Affairs Council". www.leg.state.mn.us. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
  3. "Minnesota Indian Affairs Council". Wilder Foundation. 2020-03-19. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
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