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	From War to Self-Determination: the Bureau of Indian Affairs
		The bill gave the president authority to appoint a Commissioner of Indian Affairs to serve under the Secretary of War, and have "the direction and management of all Indian affairs, and all matters arising out of Indian relations." The Commissioner was to receive an annual salary of $3,000.
		That part of the act of July 9, 1821 authorizing the appointment of the Commissioner was later amended by the act of 1849 that transferred the Office of Indian Affairs to the Department of the Interior.
		The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), also referred to, until 1947, as the Office of Indian Affairs and the Indian Office, is one of the oldest agencies within the U.S. government.
	www.americansc.org.uk /Online/indians.htm (1605 words)

	Bureau of Indian Affairs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is an agency of the federal government of the United States within the Department of the Interior charged with the administration and management of 55.7 million acres (87,000 sq.
		The current Bureau of Indian Affairs was formed on March 11, 1824, by Secretary of War John C. Calhoun, who created the agency without authorization from the United States Congress.
		The bureau was renamed to Bureau of Indian Affairs in 1947 (from the original Office of Indian Affairs).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bureau_of_Indian_Affairs (404 words)

	Bureau of Indian Affairs
		Indian Affairs, Bureau of, agency of the United States government, generally responsible for administering federal policy for Native Americans and Inuits.
		One of the oldest federal agencies, the Bureau of Indian Affairs was created in 1824 by the War Department; it was added to the new U.S. Department of the Interior in 1849.
		The Bureau of Indian Affairs is headed by an assistant secretary who is responsible for developing policies and programs and for seeing to their administration.
	www.angelfire.com /realm/shades/nativeamericans/bureauofindianaffairs.htm (425 words)

	Bureau of Indian Affairs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) anti-drug requests are based on funding to support law enforcement related activities, such as training for drug crisis response as well as eradication.
		The mission of the Bureau is to enhance the quality of life, promote economic opportunity, and carry out the responsibility to protect and improve the trust assets and lives of American Indians, Indian Tribes and Alaska Natives.
		The Bureau is trustee over 46 million acres of tribally-owned land, 10 million acres of individually-owned land, and 440,000 acres of federally-owned land.
	www.ncjrs.gov /htm/bia.htm (930 words)

	U.S. Dept. of Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs: American Indians Today: Answer to Your Questionss
		The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) in the U.S. Department of the Interior, is the federal agency with primary responsibility for working with federally-recognized Indian tribal governments and with Alaska Native village communities.
		BIA augments these through funding of 180 Bureau education facilities, many of which are operated by tribes under contract with the Bureau.
		Indians also vote in state and local elections and in the elections of the tribes of which they are members.
	www.cwis.org /fwdp/Americas/biafaq91.htm (7940 words)

	BIA
		BIA sponsored Indian programs failed to improve the economies of reservations, and BIA failed to provide quality education for Indian children.
		Although revenues for any individual Indian from oil are quite small, they constitute a desperately needed source of income to Indian citizens with an unemployment level which averages 25 percent and reaches 85 percent in some areas.
		It will be necessary to reduce nearly 2,000 jobs in the Bureau, with the majority of those jobs involved in providing services to tribes that have chosen not to contract or compact for those functions and fulfilling inherent federal functions for all tribes at the tribe/agency level.
	www.dickshovel.com /bur.html (677 words)

	Valley Advocate: A "Broken" Bureau of Indian Affairs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		In 1995, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) ruled that the Golden Hill Paugussett were not a tribe.
		Though assistant secretaries for Indian Affairs had overturned BAR rulings that found tribes to be legitimate, this marked the first time a negative finding was transformed into a positive one.
		Indian Country Today that the tribal recognition process is "dehumanizing" and "insulting." "Imagine having to prove to the government who and what you are," he wrote.
	valleyadvocate.com /gbase/News/content?oid=oid:1037 (585 words)

	Oregon History ProjectOregon History Project Glossary Term Bureau of Indian Affairs
		Bureau of Indian Affairs: The Office of Indian Affairs, precursor to the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), was formed on March 11, 1824, as part of the U.S. Department of War.
		It was transferred to the Department of the Interior in 1849 and renamed the Bureau of Indian Affairs in 1947.
		The purpose of the BIA is to manage the land held in trust by the United States for American Indians by developing natural assets and infrastructure, protecting water and land rights, and providing education for Native American students.
	www.ohs.org /education/oregonhistory/OHP-Glossary-Bureau-Indian-Affairs.cfm (111 words)

	Bureau of Indian Affairs apologizes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		This agency forbade the speaking of Indian languages, prohibited the conduct of traditional religious activities, outlawed traditional government, and made Indian people ashamed of who they were.
		Indian Affairs, and I am quite certain that the words that follow reflect the hearts of its 10,000 employees.
		The Bureau of Indian Affairs was born in 1824 in a time of war on Indian people.
	www.ouachitalk.com /apologizes.htm (1681 words)

	Guide Introduction: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Central Classified
		In addition, the bureau was responsible for the implementation of the allotment system, dissemination of rations and "blankets," and eventually the promulgation and implementation of the Indian Reorganization Act under the strong leadership of John Collier.
		One way in which Congress, the commissioner of Indian affairs, and the Indian agent are brought together with their wards is through the visit of Native Americans to Washington.
		Documentation in this microform outlines the promulgation and implementation of Indian policies throughout the 1907-1939 period--a period of entrenched acculturation and assimilation of Native Americans, acknowledgment of the failure of this "Americanization" policy, and the prospect for future revitalization of Native American culture and social organization, embodied in the Indian Reorganization Act.
	www.lexisnexis.com /academic/guides/native_american/bia.asp (2212 words)

	U.S. Department of the Inteior: The Department of Everything Else
		Instead of going to allotments, much Indian land was purchased by the Secretary and sold to the general public under another provision of the law, with the proceeds held in trust for the tribes.
		The result was that Indian holdings declined from 155,632,312 acres in 1881 to 77,865,373 acres in 1900.
		In 1967 the idea of transferring BIA to the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare was floated among Indian leaders.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/utley-mackintosh/interior11.htm (766 words)

	IAP Bureau of Indian Affairs
		Bureau of Indian Affairs, commonly called the Office of Indian Affairs until 1947, was created within the War Department in 1824 where it operated until 1849.
		General correspondence and records of the BIA are filed under Record Group 75 and include reports, vital statistics, tribal census rolls, probate records, annuity and allotment records, accounting records, individual case files, and school records.
		Responsibility for Indian affairs in geographic areas fell to superintendents whose main duty was to supervise relations among Indian peoples and to supervise conduct of Indian agents.
	www.sdhistory.org /arc/iap/arc_iap2.htm (447 words)

	MDOC ~ Montana Finance Information Center
		The BIA will guarantee up to 90 percent of bank loans made to eligible borrowers for business activities on or near Indian reservations, former reservations, and Alaska Native communities.
		The statutory limit on the guaranties is $500,000 for Indian and Alaska Native individuals, and the policy limit for Indian tribes and Alaska Regional Corporations is $5.5 million.
		In this instance, the borrower must be able to at least afford the Treasury rate; the subsidy would be rebated to the borrower and would cover the difference between the banks rate and the Treasury rate.
	www.mtfinanceonline.com /indianaffairs.asp (306 words)

	Bureau of Indian Affairs
		Indian Affairs, Bureau of, created (1824) in the U.S. War Dept. and transferred (1849) to the U.S. Dept. of the Interior.
		The Bureau of Indian Affairs instead evolved primarily into a land-administering agency, a process speeded up by the Dawes Act of 1887, the Burke Act of 1906, and the Wheeler-Howard Act of 1934, now acting as trustee over Native American lands and funds.
		Lawsuit against BIA cattle impoundment thwarted unless tribe is party to case.(Indian Case Law Abstracts)(Bureau of Indian Affairs)...
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/history/A0825102.html (451 words)

	Prison report criticizes Indian Affairs bureau - The Boston Globe
		WASHINGTON -- Suicide attempts are common at prisons operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, where inmates step over one another in overcrowded jails and corrections officers are so few that prisoners simply walk away from some facilities, according to a report released yesterday by the Interior Department's inspector general.
		The bureau is often hard-pressed to account for money it has spent, the report said.
		I think it's a matter of will." Congress has increased the Bureau of Indian Affairs's yearly budget for law enforcement, including detention facilities, to $170 million from $95 million five years ago.
	www.boston.com /news/nation/washington/articles/2004/09/22/prison_report_criticizes_indian_affairs_bureau (482 words)

	NARA - Guide to Federal Records - Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs [BIA]
		Bureau-level Office of Indian Affairs established in the War Department by order of Secretary of War John C. Calhoun, March 11, 1824, headed by the former Supervisor of Indian Trade.
		BIA organization charts and functional statements, 1936-68, correspondence and related records, 1934-68, and records relating to the Indian Affairs administrative manual, 1956-69.
		Registers of correspondence with the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1847-66; letters received from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1866-78; and letters and endorsements sent to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1866-78.
	www.archives.gov /research/guide-fed-records/groups/075.html (8382 words)

	Bureau of Indian Affairs — FactMonster.com
		Indian Affairs, Bureau of, created (1824) in the U.S. War Dept. and transferred (1849) to the U.S. Dept. of the Interior.
		Because of wide dissatisfaction in the West over army administration of Native American affairs, the responsibility was given to the Dept. of the Interior and reorganized.
		The Bureau of Indian Affairs instead evolved primarily into a land-administering agency, a process speeded up by the Dawes Act of 1887, the Burke Act of 1906, and the Wheeler-Howard Act of 1934, now acting as trustee over Native American lands and funds.
	www.factmonster.com /id/A0825102 (335 words)

	Fraud atThe Bureau of Indian Affairs
		The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), a part of the Department of the Interior, has stolen billions of dollars from various Indian tribes.
		The loss to Indians from fraud, and the liability to taxpayers to replace missing money in BIA trust accounts is more than a billion dollars.
		BIA sponsored Indian programs failed to improve the economies of reservations, and BIA failed to provide quality education for Indian children.
	www.earthportals.com /Portal_Messenger/bia.html (1071 words)

	USATODAY.com - Anderson resigning as head of Bureau of Indian Affairs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		WASHINGTON (AP) — Dave Anderson is resigning as head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs after just one year on the job, saying he can do more to help American Indians by working in the private sector.
		He also declined to be involved in Indian gambling issues to avoid the appearance of any conflict of interest, given his past work in the gaming industry.
		The chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, Arizona Republican John McCain, declined to comment Monday.
	www.usatoday.com /news/washington/2005-02-01-indian-affairs_x.htm (637 words)

	ASNE - Letter to Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
		The same memo notes testimony from two former assistant secretaries of Indian Affairs that âthe extent, frequency, and duplicative nature of FOIA requestsâ to the Bureau of Indian Affairs on petitions pose a problem.
		And a FOIA request from the Indian Law Resource Center, on behalf of Hopi traditional elders, uncovered abuses of power by John Boyden, counsel to the recognized Hopi tribe â“ including abuses during the tribal recognition process.
		We respectfully request that Section 7 be deleted from S. 297 or amended to require the Bureau of Indian Affairs to adhere to the requirements of the E-FOIA amendments and the E-Government Act.
	www.asne.org /index.cfm?ID=5256 (652 words)

	U.S. GAO - Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs: Distribution of Fiscal Year 2003 Indian Reservation ...
		The BIA states that it did not prepare a Regulatory Flexibility Analysis because the rule only applies to tribal governments, not state or local governments.
		The Assistant Secretary of the BIA, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(B), has determined that notice and comment procedures are impracticable, unnecessary, and contrary to the public interest and under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3) has found good cause to make the rule effective immediately.
		The BIA has determined that the rule does not have sufficient federalism implications to warrant the preparation of a Federalism Assessment.
	www.gao.gov /decisions/majrule/d03876r.htm (591 words)

	Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs: Central Classified Files, 1907–1939 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Rosebud—Statement by Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs F. Abbott on dances and the Indian youth—"The government is very anxious to bring the Indians up to a high state of civilization, and the greatest opportunity for accomplishing this lies in the young people—they must be encouraged to drop the old customs." March 1913.
		Standing Rock—Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs F. Abbott to Superintendent Belden, comments relative to the use of the drum and the recommendation that authority be given to take away the drum from such Indians who continue the old-time practices and abuse the privilege of the dance.
		The wealth of records of the BIA administration are valuable not only for information about the state of Native American health but also for the commentary they provide on the workings and evolution of the federal Indian bureaucracy over three decades.
	www.lexisnexis.com /academic/2upa/Anas/RecordsBureauIndianAffairs.asp (2428 words)

	www.NASFAA.org Bureau of Indian Affairs Higher Education Grant Program (Notice)
		SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is submitting the information collection titled the Bureau of Indian Affairs Higher Education Grant Program Annual Report Form, OMB Control Number 1076- 0106, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs Higher Education Grant Application Form, OMB Control Number 1076-0101 to OMB for approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act.
		SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Bureau of Indian Affairs Higher Education Grant Program Annual Report Form (OMB No. 1076-0106) provides a profile of program financial data from which to derive a national analysis of supplemental funding, unmet financial needs of eligible students and college graduation rates.
		The Bureau of Indian Affairs Higher Education Grant Application (OMB No. 1076-0101) provides for an annual collection of information required to make a determination of an applicant's eligibility for funding.
	www.nasfaa.org /publications/2004/frindianaffairs112304.html (667 words)

	Bureau of Indian Affairs, BIA, DOI, Interior
		About 200 years ago the Cherokee Indians were one tribe, or "Indian Nation" that lived in the southeast part of what is now the United States.
		During the 1830's and 1840's, the period covered by the Indian Removal Act, many Cherokees were moved west to a territory that is now the State of Oklahoma.
		The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina is a federally recognized tribe and has its own requirements for membership.
	cita.chattanooga.org /bia/cher_anc27nov2001.html (602 words)

	U.S. GAO - Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs: Indian Reservation Roads Program, GAO-04-1026R, ...
		Pursuant to section 801(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on a major rule promulgated by the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), entitled Indian Reservation Roads Program (RIN: 1076-AE17).
		The BIA has certified that the final rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.
		The final rule was issued using the notice and comment procedures found at 5 U.S.C. On August 7, 2002, the BIA published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the Federal Register.
	www.gao.gov /decisions/majrule/d041026r.htm (560 words)

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