Bureau of Indian Affairs
Americannoun
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Lease terms were set by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Bureau of Indian Affairs list of formally recognized tribes — an apparent mistake that took decades to correct.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2025
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 ● Jun. 3, 2025
Meanwhile, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, or BIA, operated undercover narcotics officers out of the reservation’s Prairie Knights Casino, where many pipeline opponents rented rooms, according to one of the depositions.
From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2024
Major Shannon, another of the Marines who was recruiting Navajos, had been a Bureau of Indian Affairs School principal before he became a Marine.
From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac
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