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What is the Bureau of Indian Affairs?

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What is the Bureau of Indian Affairs?

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The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is a United States federal government agency operating under the Department of the Interior. Its intended purpose is the administration and management of land held in trust for American Indians and to provide education services to American Indians. The Bureau of Indian Affairs has officially existed since 1824, originally being the Office of Indian Affairs. At the time of the official formation of the agency, it was a division of the US Department of War, but was switched to the Department of the Interior in 1849 and has been operating as the Bureau of Indian Affairs since 1947.