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The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), also known as Indian Affairs (IA), [2] is a United States federal agency within the Department of the Interior.It is responsible for implementing federal laws and policies related to Native Americans and Alaska Natives, and administering and managing over 55,700,000 acres (225,000 km 2) of reservations held in trust by the U.S. federal government for ...
From 2009 to 2012, Newland served as a senior advisor to the Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian affairs. He then joined the Fletcher Law Firm in Lansing, Michigan . [ 2 ] He served as chief judge of the Bay Mills Indian Community from 2013 to 2017 and as tribal chair from 2017 to 2021.
Gover was born in 1955 in Lawton, Oklahoma to Indian rights activists Bill and Maggie Gover. He received his bachelor's degree in public and international affairs from Princeton University in 1978. He received his J.D. from the University of New Mexico in 1981.
" Scrapbook Fragments of American Indian Life Excerpts (Bulletin of the American Indian Defense Association)." 1927, January. National Archives Building, Washington, D.C., Record Group 75, Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Records of the Office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Entry 178: Office File of Commissioner John Collier
The Justice Department on Thursday announced the first update in three decades to the guidelines that govern relations with the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). The new agreement will establish ...
Tara Sweeney being sworn in for her role at the Bureau of Indian Affairs. In October 2017, Sweeney was nominated by President Donald Trump as assistant secretary for Indian affairs. [ 8 ] The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs unanimously recommended a full vote in the Senate, and she was unanimously confirmed in June 2018. [ 9 ]
Since the release of “Killers of The Flower Moon,” Wright says the National Archives at Fort Worth has seen an uptick in requests for records related to the Osage. “Our Bureau of Indian ...
The momentum of the New Deal era eventually propelled the passage of the Indian Reorganization Act, granting tribes more autonomy and resources. During the early 1920s, Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall and his ally Charles H. Burke were prominent figures representing the obscurantist faction, prioritizing business interests over Native ...