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| Title: | Native American Educational Services. American Indian Business Association. Records |
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| Dates: | 1969-2001 |
| Size: | 2.25 linear feet (5 boxes) |
| Repository: |
Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center |
| Abstract: | American Indian Business Association (AIBA), a Chicago non-profit which offered employment and training services to American Indian people. The AIBA was a consortium of 10 Illinois Indian Associations, each of which was represented on the Consortium Board whose meetings and associated documents are found in the collection. The AIBA worked with NAES College on the Job Training Partnership Act, and this collection also contains some papers and other items created by NAES. The collection forms part of the archives of Native American Educational Services. |
The collection is open for research.
When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: Native American Educational Services. American Indian Business Association. Records, [Box #, Folder #], Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library
The American Indian Business Association of Chicago and the Midwest was linked to a consortium of 9 or 10 Illinois Indian organizations. This body was designated as the Administrative Unit. Consortium members appointed a representative to the Consortium Board. Board members had to be of Native American descent and to reside or be employed in the region. Consortium Board meetings were held (for the most part) at least once every thirty days.
Established in Chicago in 1974, NAES College (Native American Educational Service) aimed to improve the leadership of Native communities and to ensure that tribal knowledge, traditions and values play a major role in the higher education of Native students. Before closing its doors in 2007, NAES College offered a single degree, a Bachelor's of Arts in General Studies with an emphasis in Public Policy, and tribal knowledge, community service, community development and leadership.
The largest part of the collection is made up of the documents associated with the AIBA Consortium Board Meetings (including Agendas, Minutes, Status Reports, Statistical Reports, Fiscal Reports, and Old and New Business). Most Board Meetings between June 1977 and November 1984 are accounted for, with some exceptions (including all of 1983 and much of 1984). In addition, some letters, papers, advertisements and reports from NAES, external Job Training Partnerships, state and federal government reports, media organizations, and other Indian Organizations, external to NAES, are included.
Series I: AIBA Consortium Board Meetings, June 1977-November 1984 |
This series contains records of monthly meetings of the Consortium Board between June 1977 and November 1984, including Agendas, Minutes, Status Reports, Statistical Reports, Fiscal Reports and Old and New Business.
| Box 1 Folder 1 | AIBA Consortium Board Meetings, June-December 1977 |
| Box 1 Folder 2 | AIBA Consortium Board Meetings, Indiana Project, November-December 1977 |
| Box 1 Folder 3 | AIBA Consortium Board Meetings, January-March 1978 |
| Box 1 Folder 4 | AIBA Consortium Board Meeting, April 17, 1978 |
| Box 1 Folder 5 | AIBA Consortium Board Meetings, May 11, 1978 |
| Box 1 Folder 6 | AIBA Consortium Board Meeting, June 12, 1978 |
| Box 1 Folder 7 | AIBA Consortium Board Meetings, May-July, 1978 |
| Box 1 Folder 8 | AIBA Consortium Board Meetings, August 14, 1978 |
| Box 1 Folder 9 | AIBA Consortium Board Meeting, September 11, 1978 |
| Box 1 Folder 10 | AIBA Consortium Board Meetings, August-December, 1978 |
| Box 1 Folder 11 | AIBA Consortium Board Meetings, January-May, 1979 |
| Box 2 Folder 1 | AIBA Consortium Board Meetings, June-July, 1979 |
| Box 2 Folder 2 | AIBA Consortium Board Meetings, August-December, 1979 |
| Box 2 Folder 3 | AIBA Consortium Board Meeting, January 14, 1980 |
| Box 2 Folder 4 | AIBA Consortium Board Meeting, February 11, 1980 |
| Box 2 Folder 5 | AIBA Consortium Board Meetings, March 10, 1980 |
| Box 2 Folder 6 | AIBA Consortium Board Meeting, April14, 1980 |
| Box 2 Folder 7 | AIBA Consortium Board Meeting, May 12, 1980 |
| Box 2 Folder 8 | AIBA Consortium Board Meeting, June 19, 1980 |
| Box 2 Folder 9 | AIBA Consortium Board Meeting, July 14, 1980 |
| Box 2 Folder 10 | AIBA Consortium Board Meeting, August, 11, 1980 |
| Box 2 Folder 11 | AIBA Consortium Board Meeting, September 8, 1980 |
| Box 2 Folder 12 | AIBA Consortium Board Meeting, October 1980 |
| Box 2 Folder 13 | AIBA Consortium Board Meeting, November 10, 1980 |
| Box 2 Folder 14 | AIBA Consortium Board Meeting, December 8, 1980 |
| Box 2 Folder 15 | AIBA Consortium Board Meetings, March-September 1980 |
| Box 3 Folder 1 | AIBA Consortium Board Meetings, March-June, 1981 |
| Box 3 Folder 2 | AIBA Consortium Board Meetings, September-December, 1981 |
| Box 3 Folder 3 | AIBA Consortium Board Meeting, January 11, 1982 |
| Box 3 Folder 4 | AIBA Consortium Board Meeting, February 8, 1982 |
| Box 3 Folder 5 | AIBA Consortium Board Meeting, May 10, 1982 |
| Box 3 Folder 6 | AIBA Consortium Board Meeting, June 14, 1982 |
| Box 3 Folder 7 | AIBA Consortium Board Meeting, July 12, 1982 |
| Box 3 Folder 8 | AIBA Consortium Board Meeting, September 13, 1982 |
| Box 3 Folder 9 | AIBA Consortium Board Meeting, July 16, 1984 |
| Box 3 Folder 10 | AIBA Consortium Board Meeting, November 20, 1984 |
| Box 3 | Videocassette, Emphasis ’83 Portraits: Indian Chicago, 1983 |
| Box 3 | NAES College Student Study Guide, 1997-1999 |
| Box 3 | NAES College Catalog, 1996-1998 |
Series II: AIBA Assorted Papers, 1969-2001 |
This series contains, first, assorted papers associated with NAES (including two videocassettes and an award) Second, it contains papers connected to external Job Training Partnerships, reports associated with the State of Illinois and the United States Senate, papers associated with various media, and papers connected to other American Indian Organizations, external to NAES and AIBA
Subseries 1: Papers related to NAES |
| Box 4 | NAES American Public Health Association Plaque, 1976 |
| Box 4 | NAES College American Indian Tribal Council Panel, Field Museum, Chicago, Videocassette 1, 1990 |
| Box 4 | NAES College American Indian Tribal Council Panel, Field Museum, Chicago, Videocassette 2, 1990 |
| Box 4 Folder 1 | NAES Comprehensive Internal Evaluation Plan, undated |
| Box 4 Folder 2 | NAES College Chicago Campus Employment Enhancement Program, 1983-1994 |
Subseries 2: External Partnerships, State Papers, Files related to Media, Papers Associated with other American Indian Organizations |
| Box 5 Folder 1 | AIBA Job Training Partnership Act, FY 1983-84 Annual Report w/ Program Year 1984-85 1st Quarterly Report, 1984-1985 |
| Box 5 Folder 2 | Job Training Partnership Act Orientation Packet, FY 1984-85 |
| Box 5 Folder 3 | Statement from Indian Information Project to Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs, 1982 |
| Box 5 Folder 4 | State of Illinois Office of the Governor, "Gannon Proctor Commission Final Report," 1986 |
| Box 5 Folder 5 | Native America Now: A Festival of Films, undated |
| Box 5 Folder 6 | Radio, 1972-1991 |
| Box 5 Folder 7 | The Cross and the Calumet, 1969-1970 |
| Box 5 Folder 8 | Charles Trimble, Dick LaCourse, Franklyn Ducheneaux, and Rose Robinson, Shove It, Buster: We’d Rather Have Our Land!, 1971 |
| Box 5 Folder 9 | Redskin Foundation, 1976-1977 |
| Box 5 Folder 10 | Indian Finance Digest, 1984 |
| Box 5 Folder 11 | Arthur Schenk, Field Project, 1988 |
| Box 5 Folder 12 | American Indian Program, 1985-1991 |
| Box 5 Folder 13 | KAES Board of Trustees, 1991 |
| Box 5 Folder 14 | American Indian/Alaska Native Caucus Newsletter, 1992 |
| Box 5 Folder 15 | Two-Spirit Conference, 1993-1994 |
| Box 5 Folder 16 | Papers, 1990-2001 |