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What it does
The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) was created as part of the War Department in 1824 and transferred to the Department of the Interior when the latter was established in 1849. The mission of BIA is to fulfill its trust responsibilities and promote self-determination on behalf of federally recognized tribal governments, American Indians, and Alaska Natives. BIA provides services directly or through contracts, grants, or compacts to approximately 1.9 million American Indians and Alaska Natives, members of 573 federally recognized Indian tribes in the 48 contiguous United States and Alaska.
Where it sits
A component of Interior Department.
Recent actions
Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians of California Liquor Control Ordinance; Correction
Notice of Supplemented Documented Petition for Federal Acknowledgment as an American Indian Tribe
Indian Gaming; Extension of Tribal-State Class III Gaming Compact Between the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe and the State of South Dakota
Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico-Liquor Control Ordinance Amendment
Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustments; Annual Adjustments
Indian Gaming; Approval by Operation of Law of the Stillaguamish Tribe and State of Washington Gaming Compact
Indian Gaming; Approval by Operation of Law of the Squaxin Island Tribe and State of Washington Gaming Compact
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Data Elements for Bureau-Funded Schools