Landmark legislation, such as the Indian Self-Determination and
Education Assistance Act of 1975, as well as increasing federal
subsidies for Native Americans, growing demand for the energy
resources located on the 50 million acres of Native American lands,
expanding numbers of Native Americans and their interest groups,
devastating reservation unemployment, and other factors have in the
last decade radically changed the environment in which the Bureau
of Indian Affairs (BIA) operates. This book presents an up-to-date
description and analysis of the BIA, including its missions,
organization, functions, administration, problems, and
decision-making and -implementing processes. Attention is given,
too, to the often friction-laden interactions of the BIA and other
governmental units (among them the Department of the Interior,
Office of Management and Budget, Congress, the courts, Indian
Health Service, and tribal, state, and local governments) with each
other and with Indian interests. Abundant tables provide
information on such topics as the 1980 Indian population and land
by state, BIA budgets, and agricultural and mineral production on
Indian lands. Dr. Taylor examines the current operations of the
Bureau under the Reagan administration and explores possible policy
decisions that will affect Native Americans as well as non-Indian
citizens. The book includes a foreword by Phillip Martin, chief of
the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians and president of the
National Tribal Chairmen's Association.
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