This dataset displays the location of schools that are overseen by the Bureau of Indian Education. There are 183 Bureau-funded elementary and secondary schools on 64 reservations in 23 states, serving approximately 40,000 Indian students. Of these, 55 are BIE-operated and 128 are tribally controlled under BIE contracts or grants. The Bureau also funds or operates off-reservation boarding schools and peripheral dormitories near reservations for public school students. The BIE also serves American Indian and Alaska Native post-secondary students through higher education scholarships and support funding for tribal colleges and universities. The BIE directly operates two post-secondary institutions: the Haskell Indian Nations University (HINU) in Lawrence, Kansas, and the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI) in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Native American boarding schools and dormitories were established in the United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The land where the schools are located is administered by the Bureau of Indian Affairs while the facilities and there operation is under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Indian Education. As stated in Title 25 CFR Part 32.3, BIE’s mission is to provide quality education opportunities from early childhood through life in accordance with a tribe’s needs for cultural and economic well-being, in keeping with the vast diversity of Indian tribes and Alaska Native villages as distinct cultural and governmental entities. Further, the BIE is to manifest consideration of the whole person by considering the individual's spiritual, mental, physical, and cultural aspects within his or her family and tribal or village context. The BIE school system employs thousands of teachers, administrators and support personnel, while many more work in tribal school systems.

There are 187 Bureau-funded elementary and secondary schools on 64 reservations in 23 states, serving approximately 40,000 Indian students. Of these, 58 are BIE-operated and 129 are tribally controlled under BIE contracts or grants. The Bureau also funds or operates off-reservation boarding schools and peripheral dormitories near reservations for public school students. The BIE also serves American Indian and Alaska Native post-secondary students through higher education scholarships and support funding for tribal colleges and universities. The BIE directly operates two post-secondary institutions: the Haskell Indian Nations University (HINU) in Lawrence, Kansas, and the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI) in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Native American boarding schools and dormitories were established in the United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The land where the schools are located is administered by the Bureau of Indian Affairs while the facilities and there operation is under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Indian Education. As stated in Title 25 CFR Part 32.3, BIE’s mission is to provide quality education opportunities from early childhood through life in accordance with a tribe’s needs for cultural and economic well-being, in keeping with the vast diversity of Indian tribes and Alaska Native villages as distinct cultural and governmental entities. Further, the BIE is to manifest consideration of the whole person by considering the individual's spiritual, mental, physical, and cultural aspects within his or her family and tribal or village context. The BIE school system employs thousands of teachers, administrators and support personnel, while many more work in tribal school systems.

The Branch of Pathways administers the Pathways Internship Program for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Office of Trust Services. The BIA Pathways Internship Program connects current college students to paid internships throughout the Bureau of Indian Affairs. With meaningful projects, rotational assignments, and multi-semester opportunities, Pathways prepares interns for an impactful career in public service and offers a direct pipeline to full-time employment with the BIA or Tribal Nations upon graduation. The Branch of Pathways also provides technical and administrative assistance to BIA offices and agencies, Tribal governments, and Tribal organizations to prepare supervisors to host Pathways interns.

,The Branch of Pathways administers the Pathways Internship Program for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Office of Trust Services. The BIA Pathways Internship Program connects current college students to paid internships throughout the Bureau of Indian Affairs. With meaningful projects, rotational assignments, and multi-semester opportunities, Pathways prepares interns for an impactful career in public service and offers a direct pipeline to full-time employment with the BIA or Tribal Nations upon graduation. The Branch of Pathways also provides technical and administrative assistance to BIA offices and agencies, Tribal governments, and Tribal organizations to prepare supervisors to host Pathways interns.,

The Schools and Staffing Survey, 1993-94 (SASS 93-94), is a study that is part of the Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) program; program data is available since 1987-88 at . SASS 93-94 (https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/sass) is a collection of surveys that cover a wide range of topics from teacher demand, teacher and principal characteristics, general conditions in schools, principals' and teachers' perceptions of school climate and problems in their schools, teacher compensation, district hiring and retention practices, to basic characteristics of the student population and school library resources and staffing. The surveys were conducted using questionnaires, personal interviews, list data, and telephone interviews. Superintendents, teachers, librarians, principals, and school coordinators were sampled. Key statistics from SASS 93-94 are the percentage of newly-hired teachers, average teacher salary, average principal salary, percentage distribution of students receiving free or reduced-price lunches, percentage distribution of students by race and ethnicity, percentage distribution of teachers and principals by race and ethnicity, and age distributions of teachers and principals.

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The Bureau of Indian Affairs Central Office oversees all the regional offices and is also included in this dataset. Agency offices are located within a defined regional boundary, works with the regional offices, and reports to the BIA Deputy Director-Field Operations in Washington, D.C. The twelve regional offices located in the heart of Indian Country. Delivery of program services to the federally recognized tribes and individual Indians and Alaska Natives, whether directly or through contracts, grants or compacts, is administered by the twelve regional offices and 83 agencies that report to the BIA Deputy Director-Field Operations, located in Washington, D.C. Each regional office is headed by a Regional Director who is responsible for all Bureau activities within a defined geographical area except education, law enforcement and functions of an administrative nature. The typical Regional Office includes a Deputy Regional Director for Trust Services and Deputy Regional Director for Indian Services. The twelve regional offices are located in the heart of Indian Country with the agencies located at the reservation level. These regional offices services the needs of specific tribes. The Bureau of Indian Affairs Central Office oversees all the the regional offices and is also included in this file.

,There are twelve Bureau of Indian Affairs Regions: Alaska, Eastern, Eastern Oklahoma, Great Plains, Midwest, Navajo, Northwest, Pacific, Rocky Mountain, Southern Plains, Southwest, Western. The BIA RGCs Function as the regional GIS liaisons for Tribal GIS programs.Employees of Federally recognized Tribes,BIA Employees, Federal agencies seeking geospatial resources concerning Federally recognized Tribesshould contact the BIA-RGC for regionally specific geospatial resources.,

Delivery of program services to the federally recognized tribes and individual Indians and Alaska Natives, whether directly or through contracts, grants or compacts, is administered by the twelve regional offices and 83 agencies that report to the BIA Deputy Director-Field Operations, located in Washington, D.C. There is a regional office headed by a Regional Director who is responsible for all Bureau activities within a defined geographical area except education, law enforcement and functions of an administrative nature for each region. The typical Regional Office includes a Deputy Regional Director for Trust Services and Deputy Regional Director for Indian Services. The Deputy Regional Director for Trust Services oversees a staff of specialists responsible for natural resources (water resources, forestry and fire, irrigation and safety of dams), agriculture, (farm, pasture, and range), fish, wildlife and parks and real estate services (land acquisition and disposal land title records office, probate, rights-of-way, and lease/permit). The Deputy Regional Director for Indian Services oversees a staff of specialists responsible for transportation (planning, design, construction, and maintenance) and Indian services (tribal governments, human services, housing improvement).