# Bureau of Indian Affairs

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/bureau-of-indian-affairs/  
**Website:** https://www.bia.gov/  
**APIs profiled:** 3

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.

## Kin Score — 12.8 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 12.8).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.8 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 7.9 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 2.4 |
| Commercial Clarity | 26.3 |
| Access Clarity | 26.3 |

Regulatory layer — **Government & Public Sector**: 18.5 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 3.0 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Freemium — onboarding: unknown, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (3)

- **Indian Affairs GIS Open Data** — The Indian Affairs GIS Open Data Hub publishes authoritative geospatial datasets as downloadable and machine-readable resources via Esri ArcGIS Hub, including federally recogniz...
- **BIA Tribal Leaders Directory** — 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 a...
- **Bureau of Indian Education** — 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 postsec...

## Security (1)

- **Bureau Of Indian Affairs Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Bureau Of Indian Affairs Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Federal-Government, GIS, ICWA, Indigenous, Tribal, Tribal Governance, Trust Assets

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/bureau-of-indian-affairs/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.