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Established in
The institute was approved in
With the organization of the institute, the BYU Indian education effort served two purposes: to provide a college education for Lamanite students, to study Indian needs and social problems and to initiate programs designed to fill those needs and solve those problems.
In
Coordination and planning of Indian education became the major responsibility of the office. It also continued to assist the administration of the Indian Studies minor program and with the Indian teacher education program of the College of Education.
Dr. Flandro took a sabbatical leave in
In
Presently, Dr. Dale Tingey is the director of the Institute. William Kelly is his assistant director handling the office affairs and Howard T. Rainer, also assistant director, handles the funding.
The program operates as an extended arm of the University to set up and support Indian programs throughout the country. they deal exclusively with off-campus programs and work closely with the Development Office to obtain grants and funds.
There are two other Institute Collections in the Department of Archives and Manuscripts.
Dale Tingey Files U.A. 081
Director's Files U.A. 081