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

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?”

From Los Angeles Times

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.

From Los Angeles Times

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.

From BBC

A former aviation manager at the Interior Department’s Bureau of Indian Affairs, he was one of the 200 federal firefighters the U.S. sent to help Australia five years ago during a catastrophic series of bushfires known as Black Summer.

From Los Angeles Times

In efforts to eventually dissolve reservations and open these lands to private development, for example, in 1952 the U.S. government launched the Voluntary Relocation Program, in which the Bureau of Indian Affairs persuaded many living on reservations to move to cities.

From Salon