Information on all facets of the 2-day 1981 American Indian Community Education Conference held in Bismarck, North Dakota, is presented. The document contains promotional materials developed for disseminating information about the Regional Conference; the conference rationale and design; lists of consortium center directors, support personnel, preregistrations received, and conference registrants; an agenda; the evaluation instrument and results; and an outline of conference costs. Minutes of meetings of the Task Group on American Indian Community Educational Development and a prospectus on formation of the Dakota Indian Community Education Consortium, presented to the Task Group, are included. Also contained are summaries of presentations made at the conference. Presentation topics include the following: understanding the political influences on education; off-reservation vocational training and the American Indian family; minimizing costs and maximizing results in American Indian education through the community education process; community education and the American Indian in New Mexico; a Montana model (experiences of 11 Indian students who went to Norway and Sweden and began a new exchange program); the community college link; and Nebraska Title VII activities. (CM)