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NDATC Virtual Library: Native American Collection: Professional Associations
American Indian Library Association
From the web site, "The American Indian Library Association is a membership action group that addresses the library-related needs of American Indians and Alaska Natives...AILA is also committed to disseminating information about Indian cultures, languages, values, and information needs to the library community."

American Indian Philosophy Association
From the web site, "Our organization is an association of professional philosophers who seek to encourage the thoughtful and careful articulation, study, and contemplation of philosophical issues that affect American Indigenous people and the communities to which we belong."  
 
Association of American Indian and Alaska Native Professors
From the web site, "The purpose of the association and annual conference is to continue the process of communication between and among current and potential members of the American Indian and Alaska Native Professoriate..." 

Association of American Indian Physicians
From the web site, "AAIP mission is to pursue excellence in Native American health care by promoting education in the medical disciplines, honoring traditional healing practices and restoring the balance of mind, body, and spirit." 
 
Association for the Study of American Indian Literatures
From the web site, "The purpose of the organization shall be to promote study, criticism, and research on the oral traditions and written literatures of Native Americans; to promote the teaching of such traditions and literatures; and to support and encourage contemporary Native American writers and the continuity of Native oral traditions." 

Indian Arts and Crafts Association
From the web site, "The Indian Arts and Crafts Association (IACA) is a not-for-profit organization established in 1974 to support the ethical promotion and protection of authentic Native American art and culture. IACA  works to stop fraud and abuse within the market for Indian art through education, publicity, authentication and use of our logo to indicate certified ethical businesses."
 
National Native American EMS Association
From the web site, "The NNAEMSA is the only national organization that specifically serves, supports, and represents approximately 70 individual Native American Emergency Medical Service programs. These 70 EMS programs provide pre-hospital care to over half a million Native American people who live on reservations or in non-reservation areas (such as Oklahoma and Alaska)."

Native American Journalists Association
From the web site, "NAJA serves and empowers Native communicators through programs and activities designed to enrich journalism and promote Native cultures."

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