North American Indian Center of Boston
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The North American Indian Center of Boston, Inc. (NAICOB) is a non-profit organization
located in Jamaica Plain
, Massachusetts
, which provides assistance to American Indians
, Native Canadians
, and other indigenous peoples of North America
.
According to its website, the organization's mission is as follows:
The NAICOB was organized as the Boston Indian Council in 1969. The center's founders included writer Mildred Noble
, Canadian
activist Anna Mae Aquash
and the artist/musician Philip Young, both of whom were of the Micmac nation.
The organization was founded as a non-profit corporation in 1991, following a bankruptcy reorganization, and provides services to the over 5,000 Native Americans in the greater Boston area. The Center networks with tribal councils in other parts of Massachusetts
as well as other East Coast
states.
Non-profit organization
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located in Jamaica Plain
Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
Jamaica Plain is a historic neighborhood of in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded by Boston Puritans seeking farm land to the south, it was originally part of the city of Roxbury...
, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
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, which provides assistance to American Indians
Native Americans in the United States
Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples in North America within the boundaries of the present-day continental United States, parts of Alaska, and the island state of Hawaii. They are composed of numerous, distinct tribes, states, and ethnic groups, many of which survive as...
, Native Canadians
First Nations
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, and other indigenous peoples of North America
North America
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.
According to its website, the organization's mission is as follows:
- "to promote greater self-determination, socio-economic self-sufficiency, spiritual enhancement, intercultural under-standing and other forms of empowerment for the North American Indian Community and to assist North American Indians in obtaining an improved quality of life by providing health, job training, education, housing, and other related programs and social services."http://www.naicob.org/
The NAICOB was organized as the Boston Indian Council in 1969. The center's founders included writer Mildred Noble
Mildred Noble
Mildred "Millie" Noble was an American writer and Native American activist. Noble helped to found the Boston Indian Council, which is now known as the North American Indian Center of Boston....
, Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
activist Anna Mae Aquash
Anna Mae Aquash
Anna Mae Aquash was a Mi'kmaq activist from Nova Scotia, Canada who became the highest-ranking woman in the American Indian Movement in the United States during the mid-1970s.Aquash...
and the artist/musician Philip Young, both of whom were of the Micmac nation.
The organization was founded as a non-profit corporation in 1991, following a bankruptcy reorganization, and provides services to the over 5,000 Native Americans in the greater Boston area. The Center networks with tribal councils in other parts of Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
as well as other East Coast
East Coast of the United States
The East Coast of the United States, also known as the Eastern Seaboard, refers to the easternmost coastal states in the United States, which touch the Atlantic Ocean and stretch up to Canada. The term includes the U.S...
states.