title: American Indian Scouting Association
text: The American Indian Scouting Association (AISA) is a joint venture of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) and the Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA). The AISA began as a committee of concerned Boy Scout Scoutmasters in 1956 and was sponsored by the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Los Alamos, New Mexico.
  
  AISA holds an annual seminar, which began in 1957, is run by a volunteer steering committee and is hosted by a local tribe or Indian community. The seminar was developed in order to attract both Indians and non-Indians and foster understanding of Indian culture and Scouting. Youth participation in this seminar began in 1975.
  
  References
  BSA American Indian Scouting Association website
  Scouting magazine AISA article
  49th American Indian Boy Scouting/Girl Scouting Seminar
  
  Associations related to the Boy Scouts of America
  Girl Scouts of the USA
  Native American organizations
  1956 establishments in the United States
  Youth organizations established in 1956
  United States Bureau of Indian Affairs
  Native American history of New Mexico