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|OrganizationName=Bureau of Indian Affairs | |OrganizationName=Bureau of Indian Affairs | ||
|OrganizationType=Executive Departments | |OrganizationType=Executive Departments | ||
|Mission=The BIA's mission is to enhance the quality of life, to promote economic opportunity, and to carry out the responsibility to protect and improve the trust assets of American Indians, Indian tribes, and Alaska Natives. It provides services directly or through contracts, grants, or compacts to 574 federally recognized tribes. | |Mission=The BIA's mission is to enhance the quality of life, to promote economic opportunity, and to carry out the responsibility to protect and improve the trust assets of American Indians, Indian tribes, and Alaska Natives. It provides services directly or through contracts, grants, or compacts to 574 federally recognized tribes. | ||
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=== Early US agencies and legislation: Intercourse Acts === | === Early US agencies and legislation: Intercourse Acts === | ||
{{main|Nonintercourse Act}} | {{main|Nonintercourse Act}} | ||
Agencies related to Native Americans originated in 1775, when the [[Second Continental Congress]] created a trio of Indian-related agencies. [[Benjamin Franklin]] and [[Patrick Henry]] were appointed among the early commissioners to negotiate treaties with Native Americans to obtain their [[Neutral country|neutrality]] during the | Agencies related to Native Americans originated in 1775, when the [[Second Continental Congress]] created a trio of Indian-related agencies. [[Benjamin Franklin]] and [[Patrick Henry]] were appointed among the early commissioners to negotiate treaties with Native Americans to obtain their [[Neutral country|neutrality]] during the American Revolutionary War.<ref name=ARN>{{cite web|last=Henson|first=C.L.|title=From War to Self-Determination: a history of the Bureau of Indian Affairs |url=http://www.americansc.org.uk/Online/indians.htm|website=American Resources on the Net |access-date= May 6, 2016}}</ref> | ||
=== Office of Indian Trade (1806–1822) === | === Office of Indian Trade (1806–1822) === | ||