BIA Regions


ISO-19139 Metadata

Resource Identification Information:

Citation:
Title:  BIA Regions

Presentation format:  mapDigital

Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:  Downloadable Data

Thesaurus name: ArcGIS Content Type
Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:  BIA Regions, Regional Boundaries, BIA

Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:  BIA Regions, Regional Boundaries, BIA

Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:  BIA Regions, Regional Boundaries, BIA

Abstract:  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 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).The twelve regional offices are located in the heart of Indian Country with the agencies located at the reservation level.

Purpose: 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. Other BIA administrative boundaries include the Branch of Forest Resource Planning (BOFRP).

Dataset language:  eng
Dataset character set:  utf8

Spatial representation type:  vector

Processing environment: Esri ArcGIS 12.9.3.32739

Extent:
Geographic element - Bounding rectangle:
Extent contains the resource: true
West longitude: -179.1473
East longitude: 179.7785
North latitude: 71.3526
South latitude: 24.4167
Credits: The BIA Indian Lands dataset’s spatial accuracy and attribute information are continuously being updated, improved and is used as the single authoritative land area boundary data for the BIA mission. This data are available through the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Office of Trust Services, Division of Land Titles and Records, Branch of Geospatial Support. Please feel free to contact us at 1-877-293-9494 geospatial@bia.gov

Spatial Representation - Vector:

Level of topology for this dataset:  geometryOnly
Geometric objects:
Object type:  composite

Reference System Information:

Reference system identifier:
Value: 4269
Code space: EPSG
Version: 6.5(3.0.1)

Distribution Information:

Format:
Format name: Enterprise Geodatabase Feature Class

Metadata Information:

Metadata language:  eng
Metadata character set:  utf8


Last update:  2022-08-18

Scope of the data described by the metadata:  dataset
Scope name: dataset

Name of the metadata standard used: ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification
Version of the metadata standard: 2007