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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000897101-99-000966
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	497
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		19991008

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			FIRST AMERICAN INVESTMENT FUNDS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000820892
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	UNKNOWN SIC - 0000 [0000]
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0930

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		497
		SEC ACT:		
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	033-16905
		FILM NUMBER:		99725400

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2 OLIVER ST
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02109
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6102541000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		530 EAST SWEDESFORD ROAD
		CITY:			WAYNE
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			19087-1693

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	SECURAL MUTUAL FUNDS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19910627
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FIRST AMERICAN INVESTMENT FUNDS, INC.

LIMITED TERM INCOME FUND


Supplement dated October 11, 1999
To Prospectus dated February 1, 1999

Under the heading "Main Investment Strategies"
on page 10 of the prospectus, the fifth
paragraph has been deleted and replaced in its
entirety to read as follows:

        UNDER NORMAL MARKET CONDITIONS, THE
        FUND ATTEMPTS TO MAINTAIN A WEIGHTED
        AVERAGE MATURITY FOR ITS PORTFOLIO
        SECURITIES OF ONE TO THREE YEARS AND AN
        AVERAGE EFFECTIVE DURATION OF ONE TO
        THREE YEARS.

[LOGO]  FIRST AMERICAN FUNDS
          THE POWER OF DISCIPLINED INVESTING(R)
                                                                  10/1999 353-99

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