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{{Important}}{{Evil Organization|name=Bureau of Indian Affairs|Image=BIA.png|fullname=Office of Indian Affairs (formerly) Bureau of Indian Affairs|alias=BIA Bossing Indians Around Apples|origin=United States|foundation=March 11, 1824|headquarters=Washington D.C., United States|goals=Assimilate Native Americans into white culture (ongoing).|crimes=Abuse of power Cultural [[Genocide]] Forced assimilation Mass [[kidnapping]] [[Censorship]] [[Hate Speech]] [[Anti-Native American Sentiment]] [[Xenophobia]] Racial segregation Human rights violations [[Crimes against humanity]] [[Police brutality]]}}{{Quote|When the bureau approaches tribal leaders for support on an issue, it may be an offer they cannot refuse. The agency has so much discretion in the allocation of funds, authorization of tribal programs, and development of reservation resources, that it can if it chooses hold up on any one of a number of actions beneficial to a tribe until it agrees to pay a ransom in the form of public support. It is like the warden asking his prisoners to say good things to the inspection committee. The power of the agency to reward and punish cooperation deprives the tribes of any free choice in the matter.|Russel Lawrence Barsh and James Youngblood Henderson, ''The Road: Indian Tribes and Political Liberty''}}

{{Important}}{{Evil Organization|name=Bureau of Indian Affairs|Image=BIA.png|fullname=Office of Indian Affairs (formerly) Bureau of Indian Affairs|alias=BIA Bossing Indians Around Apples|origin=United States|foundation=March 11, 1824|headquarters=Washington D.C., United States|goals=Assimilate Native Americans into white culture (ongoing).|crimes=Institutionalized oppression Abuse of power Cultural [[Genocide]] Forced assimilation Mass [[kidnapping]] [[Censorship]] [[Hate Speech]] [[Anti-Native American Sentiment]] [[Xenophobia]] Racial segregation Human rights violations [[Crimes against humanity]] [[Police brutality]]}}{{Quote|When the bureau approaches tribal leaders for support on an issue, it may be an offer they cannot refuse. The agency has so much discretion in the allocation of funds, authorization of tribal programs, and development of reservation resources, that it can if it chooses hold up on any one of a number of actions beneficial to a tribe until it agrees to pay a ransom in the form of public support. It is like the warden asking his prisoners to say good things to the inspection committee. The power of the agency to reward and punish cooperation deprives the tribes of any free choice in the matter.|Russel Lawrence Barsh and James Youngblood Henderson, ''The Road: Indian Tribes and Political Liberty''}}

The '''Bureau of Indian Affairs''' ('''BIA''') is a federal agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior. It regulates the affairs of Native American nations in the United States and is responsible for many human rights violations of Native Americans living on reservations. The BIA has been characterized by some as one of the United States' most grossly irresponsible federal agencies.

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* The BIA has been characterized as the main source of misfortunes for the lives of Native Americans living on reservations.

*The BIA played a major role in the [[American Indian Wars]] during the 1800's, as well as the [[Amerindian Genocide]] in the United States.

* Some of the residents living on the Native American reservations have referred to the indigenous employees working for the BIA as "apples", as they're "red on the outside and white on the inside".

* Some of the residents living on the Native American reservations have referred to the indigenous employees working for the BIA as "apples", as they're considered "red on the outside and white on the inside".

* Some critics have compared the reservation system to the "[[Jim Crow]]" system that suppressed African-Americans in the South and the [[concentration camp]]s under the [[Nazi Party|Nazi]] regime.

*The BIA uses racist blood quantum laws to determine if a person is allowed to join a certain tribe based on native ancestry.

[[Category:Criminals]]

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-{{Important}}{{Evil Organization|name=Bureau of Indian Affairs|Image=BIA.png|fullname=Office of Indian Affairs (formerly)<br>Bureau of Indian Affairs|alias=BIA<br>Bossing Indians Around<br>Apples|origin=United States|foundation=March 11, 1824|headquarters=Washington D.C., United States|goals=Assimilate Native Americans into white culture (ongoing).|crimes=Abuse of power<br>Cultural [[Genocide]]<br>Forced assimilation<br>Mass [[kidnapping]]<br>[[Censorship]]<br>[[Hate Speech]]<br>[[Anti-Native American Sentiment]]<br>[[Xenophobia]]<br>Racial segregation<br>Human rights violations<br>[[Crimes against humanity]]<br>[[Police brutality]]}}{{Quote|When the bureau approaches tribal leaders for support on an issue, it may be an offer they cannot refuse. The agency has so much discretion in the allocation of funds, authorization of tribal programs, and development of reservation resources, that it can if it chooses hold up on any one of a number of actions beneficial to a tribe until it agrees to pay a ransom in the form of public support. It is like the warden asking his prisoners to say good things to the inspection committee. The power of the agency to reward and punish cooperation deprives the tribes of any free choice in the matter.|Russel Lawrence Barsh and James Youngblood Henderson, ''The Road: Indian Tribes and Political Liberty''}}
+{{Important}}{{Evil Organization|name=Bureau of Indian Affairs|Image=BIA.png|fullname=Office of Indian Affairs (formerly)<br>Bureau of Indian Affairs|alias=BIA<br>Bossing Indians Around<br>Apples|origin=United States|foundation=March 11, 1824|headquarters=Washington D.C., United States|goals=Assimilate Native Americans into white culture (ongoing).|crimes=Institutionalized oppression<br>Abuse of power<br>Cultural [[Genocide]]<br>Forced assimilation<br>Mass [[kidnapping]]<br>[[Censorship]]<br>[[Hate Speech]]<br>[[Anti-Native American Sentiment]]<br>[[Xenophobia]]<br>Racial segregation<br>Human rights violations<br>[[Crimes against humanity]]<br>[[Police brutality]]}}{{Quote|When the bureau approaches tribal leaders for support on an issue, it may be an offer they cannot refuse. The agency has so much discretion in the allocation of funds, authorization of tribal programs, and development of reservation resources, that it can if it chooses hold up on any one of a number of actions beneficial to a tribe until it agrees to pay a ransom in the form of public support. It is like the warden asking his prisoners to say good things to the inspection committee. The power of the agency to reward and punish cooperation deprives the tribes of any free choice in the matter.|Russel Lawrence Barsh and James Youngblood Henderson, ''The Road: Indian Tribes and Political Liberty''}}
 The '''Bureau of Indian Affairs''' ('''BIA''') is a federal agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior. It regulates the affairs of Native American nations in the United States and is responsible for many human rights violations of Native Americans living on reservations. The BIA has been characterized by some as one of the United States' most grossly irresponsible federal agencies.
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 * The BIA has been characterized as the main source of misfortunes for the lives of Native Americans living on reservations.
 *The BIA played a major role in the [[American Indian Wars]] during the 1800's, as well as the [[Amerindian Genocide]] in the United States.
-* Some of the residents living on the Native American reservations have referred to the indigenous employees working for the BIA as "apples", as they're "red on the outside and white on the inside".
+* Some of the residents living on the Native American reservations have referred to the indigenous employees working for the BIA as "apples", as they're considered "red on the outside and white on the inside".
 * Some critics have compared the reservation system to the "[[Jim Crow]]" system that suppressed African-Americans in the South and the [[concentration camp]]s under the [[Nazi Party|Nazi]] regime.
+*The BIA uses racist blood quantum laws to determine if a person is allowed to join a certain tribe based on native ancestry.
 [[Category:Criminals]]