#Tribal

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Departments (4)

Bureau of Indian Affairs

The oldest bureau in the Interior Department, carrying out the federal government's trust and treaty obligations to tribal nations

Indian Health Service

The HHS agency that provides or funds health care for American Indians and Alaska Natives as part of the federal trust responsibility

Office of Public and Indian Housing

The HUD office that funds public housing, Housing Choice Vouchers, and tribal housing

The Department of the Interior

The steward of a fifth of the nation's land: parks, public rangeland, wildlife, water, minerals, and the trust relationship with tribes

Agencies (1)

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

The independent federal agency that oversees Section 106 review, the process requiring federal projects to consider their effects on historic places

Principles (1)

Tribal Sovereignty

The inherent self-government of Native nations, the third sovereign in the American system

States & Local (2)

Federal Indian Trust Responsibility

The legal obligation of the United States to protect tribal lands, resources, and self-government, rooted in treaties and in its role as trustee of tribal assets

Tribal Governments

The governments of the 574 federally recognized tribes, sovereign nations that make and enforce their own laws and maintain a government-to-government relationship with the United States

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