Despite promises of reform by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, inmates at tribal jails overseen by the federal agency continue to die, according to a new report released on Friday. At least four ...

The 25th Navajo Nation Council unanimously passed Legislation No. 0180‑25, introduced by Speaker Crystalyne Curley, urging ...

Rates were especially high within the Bureau of Indian Affairs, at 40%, Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians at 38%, and the National Park Service at 39%.

Sue Parton first began working for the Bureau of Indian Affairs in 1976, as a teacher at the Albuquerque Indian School, one of the few remaining BIA boarding schools at that time.

Last year saw the most deaths and attempted suicides at federal Bureau of Indian Affairs jails since 2016. The Bureau promised reforms after NPR reporting found a pattern of misconduct in its jails.

Assistant Interior Secretary for Indian Affairs Bryan Newland requested $4.7 billion for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Bureau of Indian Education, and the Bureau of Trust Funds Administration ...

The Justice Department on Thursday announced the first update in three decades to the guidelines that govern relations with the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). The new agreement will establish coop… ...

WASHINGTON - Gavin Clarkson, a senior Bureau of Indian Affairs official whom Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke appointed in June, quietly resigned Monday, Nov. 13, after the department's Inspector ...

One-quarter Sioux and the grandson of an Indian chief, Wayne Smith went to Washington in the summer of 2001 full of hope for his people. "We had a very profound belief that we could make a difference.

The former director of the Interior Department’s Bureau of Indian Affairs resigned last week following a claim that he behaved aggressively toward a female employee, Talking Points Memo report… ...

When the bureau acknowledged its 175th anniversary in a ceremony at headquarters last September, then-Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs Kevin Gover issued an emotional apology ...