Bureau of Land Management

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www.bia.gov/whoweare/regionaloff‌i ces/
index.htm.
Sources of Information
Inquiries regarding Indian Affairs
programs, including those of the Bureau
of Indian Affairs, may be obtained from
the Off‌i ce of the Assistant Secretary for
Indian Affairs, Off‌i ce of Public Affairs,
Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street
NW., MS–3658–MIB, Washington, DC
20240. Phone, 202–208–3710.
For further information, contact the Off‌i ce of the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, Off‌i ce of Public
Affairs, Department of the Interior, MS–3658–MIB, Washington, DC 20240. Phone, 202–208–3710. Internet,
http://www.bia.gov.
Bureau of Indian Education
Department of the Interior, Washington, DC 20240
Phone, 202–208–3710. Internet, http://www.bie.edu.
Director CHARLES M. ROESSEL
The Bureau of Indian Education
(BIE) provides quality educational
opportunities for eligible American
Indian and Alaska Native elementary,
secondary, and postsecondary students
from the federally recognized tribes.
BIE is responsible for the direction and
management of all education functions,
including the formation of policies
and procedures, the supervision of all
program activities, and the approval of
expenditure of funds appropriated for
education functions.
BIE is responsible for educating
approximately 48,000 American Indian
and Alaska Native children at 183
elementary and secondary schools on
64 reservations in 23 states. Of these
schools, 126 are tribally controlled
under the Indian Self-Determination
and Education Assistance Act of 1975
(25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.) or the Tribally
Controlled Schools Act of 1988 (25
U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), and 57 schools
are operated by the Bureau of Indian
Education. BIE also oversees two
postsecondary schools: Haskell Indian
Nations University in Lawrence, KS, and
Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute
in Albuquerque, NM.
Sources of Information
Inquiries regarding Indian Affairs
programs, including those of the Bureau
of Indian Education, may be obtained
from the Off‌i ce of the Assistant Secretary
for Indian Affairs, Off‌i ce of Public Affairs,
Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street
NW., MS–3658–MIB, Washington, DC
20240. Phone, 202–208–3710.
For further information, contact the Off‌i ce of the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, Off‌i ce of Public
Affairs, Department of the Interior, MS–3658–MIB, Washington, DC 20240. Phone, 202–208–3710. Internet,
http://www.bie.edu.
Bureau of Land Management
Department of the Interior, Washington, DC 20240
Phone, 202–912–7400. Internet, http://www.blm.gov.
Principal Deputy Director NEIL G. KORNZE
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
was established July 16, 1946, by the
consolidation of the General Land Off‌i ce
(created in 1812) and the Grazing Service
(formed in 1934).
The BLM manages more land (245
million acres) than any other Federal

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