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Department of the Interior Office of Indian Affairs
Department of the Interior Office of Indian Affairs
Department of the Interior Office of Indian Affairs

Department of the Interior Office of Indian Affairs

Washington, D.C., 1849 - 1947
BiographyThe Department is the federal agency primarily charged with effectuating the principles of self-determination and self-governance that are the cornerstones of the United States' relationship with tribal governments. They produced maps to designate tribal land and were also tasked with the education of indigenous communities.
Person TypeInstitution
Adam Fredrick Zurner
1679 Marieney, Vogtland, Holy Roman Empire - 1742 Dresden, Holy Roman Empire
Helen Hardin
1943 Albuquerque, New Mexico - 1984 Albuquerque, New Mexico
Ross Ward
1940 Aberdeen, South Dakota - 2002 Albuquerque, New Mexico
Hilaire Hiler
1898 Saint Paul, Minnesota - 1966 Paris, France
Pablo Abeita
1870 Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico - 1940 Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico
Lee Marmon
1925 Laguna, New Mexico - 2021 Albuquerque, New Mexico
Ramona Sakiestewa
born 1948 Albuquerque, New Mexico; lives Santa Fe, New Mexico
Emil Antonucci
1929 Brooklyn, New York - 2006 Brooklyn, New York