Bureau of Indian Affairs

noun

U.S. Government.

1. a division of the Department of the Interior that administers federal programs benefiting Native American peoples. BIA

Example Sentences

The federal Bureau of Indian Affairs now has a team assessing the tribes’ water rights.

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Bureau of Indian Affairs left it off its list of tribes that had formal government status.

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When a young Native woman’s disappearance hints at the Society’s darker deeds, Syd Walker, Bureau of Indian Affairs archaeologist and Cherokee Nation member, digs for deeper truths while making her mission clear: “Isn’t that why I’m an archaeologist?”

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Fish and Wildlife, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Indian Affairs, National Park Service, Cal Fire, the state’s Office of Emergency Services and county-level fire departments — was tasked with taking command of the incident.

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In season four, during perhaps his most notable storyline, Redcorn reveals an ongoing battle between his tribe and the Bureau of Indian Affairs, saying he hoped to regain Native American land from the government.

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