Bureau of Indian Education
The Bureau of Indian Education (BIE), headquartered in the Main Interior Building in Washington, D.C., and formerly known as the Office of Indian Education Programs (OIEP), is a division of the U.S. Department of the Interior under the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs. It is responsible for the line direction and management of all BIE education functions, including the formation of policies and procedures, the supervision of all program activities, and the approval of the expenditure of funds appropriated for BIE education functions.
Main Interior Building, where the BIE is headquartered
Havasupai Elementary School in Supai, Arizona
Kayenta Community School in Kayenta, Arizona
The Main Interior Building, officially known as the Stewart Lee Udall Department of the Interior Building, located in Washington, D.C., is the headquarters of the United States Department of the Interior.
Main Interior Building viewed from the south with the José Artigas statue in the foreground in 2005
First Lady Michelle Obama and Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, joined by some of the department's longest-serving employees on stage, thanked all employees for their service at a ceremony at Sidney R. Yates Auditorium at Main Interior.
Mitchell Jamieson's mural An Incident in Contemporary American Life (1943), at the United States Department of the Interior Building, depicts Marian Anderson's 1939 concert at the Lincoln Memorial.
