Department of the Interior

Bureau of Indian Affairs
The Bureau of Indian Affairs' responsibility is the administration and management of 55.7 million acres of land held in trust by the United States for American Indians, Indian tribes, and Alaska Natives. Developing forestlands, leasing assets on these lands, directing agricultural programs, protecting water and land rights, developing and maintaining infrastructure and economic development are all part of the agency's responsibility.

Indian Arts & Crafts Board
The Indian Arts and Crafts Board promotes the economic development of American Indians and Alaska Natives of federally recognized Tribes through the expansion of the Indian arts and crafts market. The IACB provides promotional opportunities, general business advice, and information on the Indian Arts and Crafts Act to Native American artists, craftspeople, businesses, museums, and cultural centers of federally recognized Tribes.

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Working together with Regional Native American Liaisons and officials from among the Federally recognized tribes nationwide, the Office of Native American Liaison identifies areas where both Federal and tribal conservation efforts can most effectively conserve fish, wildlife, plants, and their habitats.

Office of the Special Trustee
The Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians was created to improve the accountability and management of Indian funds held in trust by the federal government.

Office of Indian Education Programs
The Office of Indian Education Programs is a service organization devoted to providing quality education opportunities for American Indian people.

National Parks Service (NPS)
The American Indian Liaison Office serves to improve relationships between American Indian Tribes, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians and the National Park Service through consultation, outreach, technical assistance, education, and advisory services.

Tribal Preservation Program, National Parks Service
The National Park Service Tribal Preservation Program assists Indian tribes in preserving their historic properties and cultural traditions.

National Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act Program
The National NAGPRA program assists the Secretary of the Interior with some of the Secretary's responsibilities under NAGPRA, and focuses on NAGPRA implementation outside of the National Park System.

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
The U.S. Geological Survey has an American Indian and Alaska Native Coordinating Team to establish policy and to coordinate USGS activities.

Department of Agriculture (USDA)

Office of Native American Programs
The Office of Native American Programs serves as a liaison in ongoing consultation with members of the Tribal community and coordinates Department-wide initiatives to strengthen a network of Tribal liaisons across USDA's diverse offices and agencies. The Office works closely with officials at the highest levels of USDA to ensure that policy solutions consider the needs and issues of importance to American Indians and Alaska Natives.

Food Distribution Programs on Indian Reservations (USDA)
The Food Distribution Programs on Indian Reservations is a Federal program that provides commodity foods to low-income households, including the elderly, living on Indian reservations, and to Native American families residing in designated areas near reservations.

Guide to USDA Programs for Native Americans & Alaska Natives
The Guide to USDA Programs for American Indians and Alaska Natives is a reference for American Indian and Alaska Native tribal leaders and members, planners, community leaders, producers, and anyone else who works with American Indians on numerous USDA programs.

Department of Energy (DOE)

Office of Tribal Affairs
The Office of Tribal Affairs promotes Department of Energy policies, programs and initiatives through liaison, communications, coordination and interaction with tribal governments.

Office of Environmental Management
The Environmental Management program recognizes its stewardship responsibilities for managing the cultural resources of Tribal nations on DOE-owned lands by working with Tribes whose lands have been impacted by DOE activities.

Tribal Energy Program
The Tribal Energy Program, under the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, provides financial and technical assistance to tribes for feasibility studies and shares the cost of implementing sustainable renewable energy installations on tribal lands. This program promotes tribal energy self-sufficiency and fosters employment and economic development on America's tribal lands.

State and Tribal Government Working Group
The State and Tribal Government Working Group helps ensure that the Department of Energy facilities and sites are operated and cleaned up in compliance with all applicable federal and state laws and regulations, and Tribal rights including those retained by treaty, and conferred by statute and the trust responsibility; as well as in a manner that protects human health, safety, and the environment.

Indian Nations Program
The U.S. Department of Energy Richland Operations Office manages the Department's Hanford Site, in an efforts to safely clean up and manage legacy wastes, and to develop and deploy technology.

Department of Health and Human Services

Indian Health Service (IHS)
The Indian Health Service, an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services, is responsible for providing federal health services to American Indians and Alaska Natives.

Administration for Native Americans
HHS's Administration for Native Americans promotes the goal of self-sufficiency for Native Americans by providing social and economic development opportunities through financial assistance, training, and technical assistance to eligible Tribes and Native Americans.

Center for Disease Control, Office of Minority Health
The Office of Minority Health coordinates White House Executive Orders and HHS Departmental Initiatives, supports Cooperative Agreements for research and professional development, reports on the health status of racial and ethnic minorities in the United States, and initiates strategic partnerships with governmental as well as national and regional organizations.

Tribal Child Care Technical Assistance Center (TriTAC)
TriTAC was established by the Child Care Bureau of HHS to strengthen child care services for Native American children and families through specialized training and technical assistance efforts.

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
The ATSDR Office of Tribal Affairs aids in developing policies, procedures, funding, and research that address the environmental health needs of American Indian and Alaska Native populations.

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
CMS's American Indian and Alaska Native section provides information about the administration of CMS's programs on behalf of American Indian and Alaska Native beneficiaries.

Department of Transportation

FHWA Native American Program
The Native American Program Coordination staff provides guidance and technical assistance to federally recognized tribes on a government-to-government basis. The team strives to consult with Indian tribes before taking any actions that may significantly or uniquely affect them and fosters improved communication with tribal governments to respond effectively to tribal transportation concerns.

Department of Commerce

United States Census Bureau
The U.S. Census Bureau website provides American Indian and Alaska Native data and links, including demographic profiles covering population, employment, income, age distribution, poverty, and much more.

Minority Business Development Agency
MBDA provides funding for a network of Minority Business Development Centers, Native American Business Development Centers, and Business Resource Centers located throughout the Nation. The Centers provide minority entrepreneurs with one-on-one assistance in writing business plans, marketing, management and technical assistance and financial planning to assure adequate financing for business ventures.

Oklahoma Native American Business Development Center
The Oklahoma Native American Business Development Center, funded through the U.S. Department of Commerce, provides technical assistance to federally recognized Native Americans who are interested in starting a business or enhancing their present business.

New Mexico Native American Business Development Center
The New Mexico Native American Business Development Center, funded through the U.S. Department of Commerce, provides technical assistance to federally recognized Native Americans who are interested in starting a business or enhancing their present business.

Department of Labor

Division of Native American Programs
Indian and Native American Workforce Investment Act grantees and the Department of Labor share a vision of providing quality employment and training services to Native American communities that not only meet regulatory requirements, but also are administered in ways that are consistent with the traditional cultural values and beliefs of the people they are designed to serve.

Native American Employment & Training Center
The Native American Employment & Training Center is funded through the Department of Labor/Division of Indian Native American Programs. The center has two componnets for serving the Native American community. The Adult component focuses on Employment, Training, GED, and Work Experience to assist with job readiness. The Youth program focuses on Training, Work Experience, GED, and Summer Youth Programs to help them achieve job skills.

Department of Housing and Urban Development

Office of Native American Programs
HUD's Office of Native American Programs ensures safe, decent and affordable housing is available to Native American families, creates economic opportunities for Tribes and Indian housing residents, assists Tribes in the formulation of plans and strategies for community development, and assures fiscal integrity in the operation of the programs.

Code Talk
CodeTalk is a federal, interagency, Native American Web site designed specifically to deliver electronic information from government agencies and other organizations to Native American communities

Environmental Protection Agency

American Indian Environmental Office
The EPA's American Indian Environmental Office coordinates the Agency-wide effort to strengthen public health and environmental protection in Indian Country, with a special emphasis on building Tribal capacity to administer their own environmental programs.

Waste Management in Indian Country (EPA)
EPA's Tribal Solid Waste Management Program encourages municipal solid waste and hazardous waste management practices in Indian Country that are protective of human health and the environment.

Department of Education

Office of the White House Initiative on Tribal Colleges and Universities
The Office of the White House Initiative on Tribal Colleges and Universities leads the implementation of Executive Order 13270, ensuring that the nation's Tribal Colleges and Universities are more fully recognized and have full access to federal programs benefiting other higher education institutions.

United States Congress

Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs has jurisdiction to study the unique problems of American Indian, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native peoples and to propose legislation to alleviate these difficulties. These issues include, but are not limited to, Indian education, economic development, land management, trust responsibilities, health care, and claims against the United States.

House Committee on Resources
The House Resources Committee addresses issues related to Native Americans generally, including the care and allotment of Native American lands and general and special measures relating to claims that are paid out of Native American funds.

Other United States Government Resources

National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC)
The National Indian Gaming Commission regulates gaming activities on Indian lands for the purpose of shielding Indian tribes from organized crime and other corrupting influences; to ensure that Indian tribes are the primary beneficiaries of gaming revenue; and to assure that gaming is conducted fairly and honestly by both operators and players.

Small Business Administration (SBA)
The SBA's Office of Native American Affairs serves to ensure that American Indians, Native Alaskans and Native Hawaiians seeking to create, develop and expand small businesses have full access to the necessary business development and expansion tools available through the Agency's entrepreneurial development, lending and procurement programs.

Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
The Federal Communications Commission is working hard to promote the availability of telecommunications services to individuals on tribal lands, through regulatory action, consumer information and tribal outreach.

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
The IRS Office of Indian Tribal Governments at the Internal Revenue Service was established to help Indian tribes deal with federal tax matters through the use of partnership opportunities with Indian tribal governments, tribal associations, and other federal agencies to respectfully and cooperatively meet the needs of both the Indian tribal governments and the federal government and to simplify the tax administration process.

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
FEMA's mission is to reduce loss of life and property and protect the Nation's critical infrastructure from all types of hazards through a comprehensive, risk-based, emergency management program of mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery. FEMA has Tribal Liaisons in regional offices and has established a dedicated phone line to serve as a "hot-line" for tribal governments to call FEMA with questions and concerns.

General Services Administration (GSA)
The GSA national Native American Business Center serves the Native American and Alaska Native communities by supplying facilities, supplies, and technology to support economic prosperity and streamline the acquisition process. In addition, the NABC provides Native American and Alaskan Native communities with resources and information that will assist them in learning how to obtain government contracts and marketing their product.

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)
The OCC Native American Resource Directory provides descriptions and contact information for a sampling of organizations that can provide resources to banks interested in lending, investing, or providing retail financial services in Indian country.