U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:government_agency
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:BIA
gptkbp:director gptkb:Darryl_LaCounte
gptkbp:employs over 4,000 people
gptkbp:firstCommissioner gptkb:Thomas_L._McKenney
gptkbp:formed 1824
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:historicalName gptkb:Office_of_Indian_Affairs
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs
gptkbp:jurisdiction gptkb:United_States_federal_government
gptkbp:manages federal Indian reservations
gptkbp:mission to enhance the quality of life, promote economic opportunity, and carry out the responsibility to protect and improve the trust assets of American Indians, Indian tribes, and Alaska Natives
gptkbp:oversees gptkb:Bureau_of_Indian_Education
gptkb:Office_of_Justice_Services
gptkb:Office_of_Trust_Services
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:U.S._Department_of_the_Interior
gptkbp:provides water resource management
education assistance
natural resource management
housing assistance
mineral resource management
infrastructure support
forestry management
economic development programs
cultural resource management
tribal government support
fire management services
probate services
range management
agricultural support
energy resource management
tribal court support
environmental protection services
emergency management services
historic preservation support
land management services
law enforcement services to tribal lands
real estate services for tribal lands
social services to Native Americans
transportation infrastructure support
tribal enrollment services
wildlife and fisheries management
gptkbp:regionServed gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:reportsTo gptkb:U.S._Secretary_of_the_Interior
gptkbp:responsibleFor administration of relations with Native American tribes
management of Indian lands
provision of services to Native Americans
gptkbp:website https://www.bia.gov/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Murals_at_Anadarko_Agency
gptkb:U.S._federal_civilian_agencies
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6