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Indigenous Planning Network History
For more background, click
here to read Ted Jojola's case study of the
Oneida Tribal Nation of Wisconsin's Turtle School, Indigenous
Planning and Tribal Community Development, which describes the successful
integration of a worldview, an educational ideology, and a vision that resulted
in a unique community solution.
| 1970 |
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Believe it or not,
forms of indigenous planning organizations date back to the 1970s. One
of the first formal organizations was the United Indian Planners Association
(UIPA), which was created as a component of the Economic Development
Administration (EDA). This organization tried to share experiences and
planning theory. Unfortunately, UIPA was phased out with the EDA program. |
| 1980 |
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There
have been many attempts to develop an indigenous planning organization;
however, none of these early attempts were successful over the long term.
It was not until the early 1990s that we began to once again sense a
need for some type of organization that could share common planning issues
ranging from sovereignty to cultural preservation. |
| 1990 |
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These issues were
shared at the annual American Planning Association (APA) National Planning
Conference. We also discussed how to develop an organization that could
serve as a forum for indigenous planners to share these common planning
issues. |
| 1995 |
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By
1995, this discussion evolved into action when we formed an interim organization
called the Indigenous Planning Network, also known as IPN. Once organized,
IPN then developed its first newsletter called Indigenous Planning.
The newsletter has been a major success and interest continues to grow
from around the country.
In addition, IPN has held regular meetings at
the APA National Planning Conference and has conducted one or more
sessions at each one. |
| 2004 |
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Indigenous Planning was officially
approved as a division of APA at the annual conference in Washington,
D.C. A steering committee was formed with representatives from various
regions in the U.S. We will be working over the next year to build membership
and introduce the Indigenous Planning Division through continued involvement
at the APA conference, the development of a website, and the distribution
of a newsletter. |
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