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Indian Affairs

Indian Affairs fundamental role is to assist Native American individuals, tribes and organizations in their relationship with state and local government agencies and to advise the Commonwealth in matters pertaining to Native Americans.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts' Commission on Indian Affairs (MCIA) was created by the legislature in 1974. The Commission is governed by M.G.L. Chapter 6A: Section 8A.

Commission Members

Commission on Indian Affairs
100 Cambridge St., Suite 300
Boston, Massachusetts 02114

John “Jim” Peters, Jr, Executive Director
617-573-1292
john.peters@mass.gov


Burne Stanley, Administrative Assistant
617-573-1291
burne.stanley-peters@mass.gov
 

Commission Members:

  • Joanne Dunn, North Shore
  • Aaron M. Gonzales, North American Indian Center of Boston & Suffolk County
  • Gail A. Hill, Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe and Barnstable & Plymouth Counties
  • Vacant, Nipmucs and Worcester & Middlesex Counties
  • Troy W. Phillips, Bristol & Norfolk Counties
  • Rhonda K. Anderson, Western Massachusetts
  • Michael D. Wagner, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head/Aquinnah

Additional Resources

We support the Statement of the U.S.Commission on Civil Rights on the -- Use of N.A. Images and Nicknames (PDF 10.1 KB)

Tuition and Scholarship Information

Additional Resources

Native American Tuition Credit
American Indian College Fund Resource Guide

Native American Resource Information

North American Indian Center of Boston Grandparents’ Resource Guide

National Indian Education Association

Administration for Native Americans

The Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Harvard University Native American Program

Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe

Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978

Indian Health Service

Institute for New England Native American Studies

Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation

Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe

Massachusett Tribe at Ponkapoag

Massachusetts Center for Native American Awareness

Mohegan Tribe of CT

Narragansett Indian Tribe

National Congress of American Indians

Native American Arts and Crafts Board

Native American Lifelines

Nipmuc Indian Association of Connecticut

Nipmuc Indian Development Corp.

Nipmuc Nation

Nipmuck Council of Chaubunagungamaug

North American Indian Center of Boston

Passamaquoddy Tribe

Pocasset Wampanoag Tribe of MA and RI 

Rhode Island Indian Council

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