The National Indian Policy Center
The George Washington University
2136 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W.
Washington, DC 20052
Voice: (202) 676-4401
Fax: (202) 676-4405
NIPC@gwuvm.gwu.edu
The National Indian Policy Center has been providing an
information clearinghouse service on a wide range of policy issues
to the 500 U.S. Native American tribes since 1990. Through its
affiliation with the George Washington University computer center,
the NIPC has made its research reports available on the Internet
system of electronic mail and bulletin board services.
In 1992, NIPC's report on the costs and benefits of tax
incentives proposed by the Navajo Nation to attract private
enterprise to reservations was introduced in floor debate in the
U.S. Senate and reprinted in the Congressional Record. Its 1993
reports on federal impact aid to local school districts having
Native American students and on the economic impact of gaming have
also been in much demand. All research reports are incorporated
into an annotated bibliography that is mailed at no cost to the
public. An order form is attached to the bibliography, which makes
it easy for individuals or organizations to request copies of
specific reports either by mail, fax transmission or by sending a request
to Orna@gwis.circ.gwu.edu. Upon request, these reports are then
photocopied and mailed to the interested party.
Effective Nov. 1, 1993, the clearinghouse service can be
accessed through The George Washington University GWIS gopher on
Internet. Besides direct-telephone call, the one other way to
connect to GWIS is to set up an account on a local network and pay
for rent of time and data storage. At present, available on-line
are copies of NIPC reports, minutes of its task force meetings and
1990 general census data. Throughout 1994, NIPC will be issuing
new reports and developing a database that will contain magazine
and newspaper clippings of interest to Native Americans and
specialized state and tribal census data.
Orna Weinroth
Information Specialist
Orna@gwuvm.gwu.edu
[ George Baldwin, whose name appears below, has no connection, to the
best of my knowledge, with NIPC. He merely has been kind enough to
pass on this information. --Gary ]
George D. Baldwin, Ph.D.
Chair and Professor
Dept. of Sociology and Human Services
Henderson State University
Arkadelphia, AR 71923
Office: 501- 246- 5511 x3292 FAX: 501-246-3199
Director
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