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Associated Press - October 25, 2009 11:15 AM ET
MILWAUKEE (AP) - The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is establishing an institute for American Indian education.
It's named for a Stockbridge Mohican woman Electa Quinney, who is also a Wisconsin educator.
David Beaulieu (BO-lee-oh) is a professor of educational policy and community studies in UW-Milwaukee's School of Education. He will head The Electa Quinney American Indian Education and Policy Studies Institute, which is still in the planning stages.
He has previously served as president of the National Indian Education Association. He was also the director of the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Indian Education from 1997 to 2001.
In a news release, he says the institute's research, service and learning opportunities will focus on American Indians and on non-Indians interested in working with tribal communities.
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