The American Indian Relationships Committee of Boy Scouts of America was established in 1956 to advise and assist in reaching a maximum number of American Indian youth and leaders with a quality scouting program. Since 1957, this committee has sponsored an annual seminar, held in a different part of the country each year.
As the seminar grew, a volunteer steering committee responsible for planning and implementing it was formed. Although Girl Scouts began to participate in 1964, it wasn't until 1969 that, in the interest of American Indian youth, the annual seminars became a joint venture of Boy Scouts of America and Girl Scouts of the USA and that GSUSA, at the request of American Indian participants, first assigned a national advisor.
Beginning in 1975, youth were included as full seminar participants, and a part of each seminar program was designed specifically with youth in mind.
Today the American Indian Girl Scouting/Boy Scouting Seminar attracts American Indian and non-Indian representatives from Girl Scout and Boy Scout Councils across the country. Highlights of the seminar include:
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