The mission of the Electa Quinney Center for the Education of the American Indian is to serve as a clearinghouse for information pertaining to research and resources for educators, researchers and students involved in the education of American Indians. The Center has a focus on the Wisconsin area and it's tribal nations.

Electa Quinney, Stockbridge-Munsee, opened the first Wisconsin public school in 1828 located in Kaukauna. Electa Quinney brought the concept of a free school with her from New England when her Mohican tribe was relocated. Electa Quinney taught several years in the one room schoolhouse until she married a Methodist minister, Daniel Adams, in 1833 and left for the mission of the Great Plains. Later working with the Seneca people in northeastern Oklahoma, Mrs. Adams became a widow in 1844 and continued her work alone.

Electa Quinney Center for the Education of the American Indian University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee PO Box 413 Milwaukee, WI 53211 414-229-5702 Enderis Hall 565