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.

The bureau is also facing an administration disinterested in fully funding the agency; the Trump administration proposed a budget that would have cut $370 million from the Bureau of Indian Affairs ...

McIntosh School went into lockdown on Wednesday morning after a student threatened the McIntosh School District in South ...

At the August 4–7 quarterly meeting of the Tribal Interior Budget Council (TIBC) in Tulsa, Oklahoma, members of the 25th Navajo Nation Council joined other tribal leaders in voicing strong opposition ...

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.

On their first day of the school year, a threat was made to the McIntosh School District. A post from the Corson County ...

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 ...

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 federal Bureau of Indian Affairs is sending agents to North Dakota to help clear Dakota Access oil pipeline protesters from makeshift camps on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation.

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.

Sweeney oversees all American Indian and Alaska Native programs at Interior, including the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Although the CARES Act was signed by President Donald Trump on March 6, the ...