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Bureau of Indian Affairs

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noun

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


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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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