Originally proposed as Wasatch Review, the periodical was established as Brigham Young University Studies and was first printed in January 1959, as an issue of Brigham Young University Bulletin printed by BYU Press. It obtained its current name in April 2012.
In 1971Dale became Director of the Institute of American Indian Studies and Research at BYU... Upon Dale’s retirement from BYU, the program became American Indian Services (AIS), a non-profit organization.
