Bureau of Indian Affairs

aid: bureau-of-indian-affairs
name: Bureau of Indian Affairs
description: The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is the oldest bureau in the U.S. Department of the Interior. Its mission is
  to enhance the quality of life, promote economic opportunity, and carry out the federal responsibility to protect and improve
  the trust assets of American Indians, Indian tribes, and Alaska Natives. The BIA administers services directly or through
  contracts, grants, and compacts with 574 federally recognized tribes serving approximately 2.5 million people. BIA publishes
  geospatial datasets, directories, and forms through the Indian Affairs GIS Open Data portal, the Tribal Leader Directory,
  and official agency websites.
type: Index
kind: government
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/bureau-of-indian-affairs.png
tags:
- Federal Government
- GIS
- ICWA
- Indigenous
- Tribal
- Tribal Governance
- Trust Assets
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bureau-of-indian-affairs/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2024-11-25'
modified: '2026-07-25'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: bureau-of-indian-affairs:indian-affairs-gis-open-data
  name: Indian Affairs GIS Open Data
  description: The Indian Affairs GIS Open Data Hub publishes authoritative geospatial datasets as downloadable and machine-readable
    resources via Esri ArcGIS Hub, including federally recognized tribal boundaries, land areas, ICWA designated agents, and
    program awards. Each dataset is available as API, GeoJSON, Shapefile, CSV, and KML.
  humanURL: https://biamaps.doi.gov/bogs/datadownload.html
  tags:
  - ArcGIS
  - Geospatial
  - GIS
  - Open Data
  - Tribal Lands
  properties:
  - type: Open Data Hub
    url: https://biamaps.doi.gov/bogs/datadownload.html
  - type: GIS Services
    url: https://biamaps.doi.gov/bogs/arcgis/rest/services
  x-features:
  - Federally Recognized Tribes mapping
  - Tribal Land Area boundaries
  - Indian Reservation boundaries
  - ICWA Designated Agents directory
  - Community Resilience awards data
  - Infrastructure for America (BIL) projects
  - Machine-readable formats (GeoJSON, Shapefile, CSV, KML)
  - ArcGIS REST service endpoints
  x-use-cases:
  - Jurisdictional analysis for tribal lands
  - Environmental impact studies
  - Federal grant planning
  - ICWA compliance and notice
- aid: bureau-of-indian-affairs:tribal-leader-directory
  name: BIA Tribal Leaders Directory
  description: A searchable directory published by the Bureau of Indian Affairs of elected leaders and contact information
    for each of the 574 federally recognized tribes, released quarterly as a PDF and via the BIA website.
  humanURL: https://www.bia.gov/service/tribal-leaders-directory
  tags:
  - Directory
  - Tribal
  properties:
  - type: Directory
    url: https://www.bia.gov/service/tribal-leaders-directory
  x-features:
  - Contact information for 574 federally recognized tribes
  - Quarterly publication
  - Searchable and downloadable
  x-use-cases:
  - Tribal consultation outreach
  - Government-to-government engagement
  - Compliance with consultation requirements
- aid: bureau-of-indian-affairs:bureau-of-indian-education
  name: Bureau of Indian Education
  description: The Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) supports programs serving more than 46,000 students across 183 schools,
    including BIE-operated and tribally-controlled schools, plus postsecondary institutions, providing culturally relevant
    education to Indian students.
  humanURL: https://www.bie.edu/
  tags:
  - Education
  - Indigenous
  - Tribal
  properties:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.bie.edu/
  - type: School Directory
    url: https://www.bie.edu/schools
  x-features:
  - K-12 school system for Indian students
  - Postsecondary institution support
  - Tribally-controlled school grants
  - Early childhood education
  x-use-cases:
  - School finder
  - Grant and funding research
  - Tribal education policy
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/bureau-of-indian-affairs-domain-security.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bureau-of-indian-affairs
- type: Website
  url: https://www.bia.gov/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.bia.gov/privacy-policy
- type: Accessibility
  url: https://www.doi.gov/accessibility
- type: FOIA
  url: https://www.bia.gov/foia
- type: Newsroom
  url: https://www.bia.gov/news
- type: Contact
  url: https://www.bia.gov/contact-us
- type: Forms
  url: https://www.bia.gov/forms
- url: https://www.bia.gov/rss.xml
  type: Blog
- type: About
  url: https://www.bia.gov/bia
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com