Bureau of Indian Affairs and Department of Interior

The Deparment of the Interior oversees the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

The Bureau of Indian Affairs oversees land for Tribes prior to the land becomeing "trust" land. How is the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Department of the Interior supportive of this project when they describe their missions as "community based programs" and that they fulfill "their committment to the American People?"

Both the Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Indian Affairs are clearly NOT supporting our community in this proposed jail project and they are DEFINATELY NOT committed to the "American People" if this proposed jail project goes through.

See information below on the Department of Interior:

 

About Interior
About Secretary Salazar
About Our Employees

The U.S. Department of the Interior is a Cabinet-level agency that manages America’s vast natural and cultural resources. Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar heads our department, which employs 70,000 people, including expert scientists and resource-management professionals, in eight technical bureaus:

• Bureau of Indian Affairs
• Bureau of Land Management
• Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement
• Bureau of Reclamation
• National Park Service
• Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• U.S. Geological Survey

Our employees, along with more than 280,000 volunteers, carry out Interior’s mission from more than 2,400 operating locations. Serving communities large and small, they deliver our department’s land- and community-based programs in ways that engage the participation of citizens, groups and businesses.
We at Interior fulfill our commitment to the American people under a $12 billion total annual budget and through the dedication of our employees and other partners. We also raise billions in revenue annually from energy, mineral, grazing, and timber leases, as well as recreational permits and land sales.