Governmental Agencies and National and Regional Native Organizations

Below is a partial listing of  Indian agencies and organizations at the national/Federal and regional levels and in British Columbia, Canada.  State level agencies and organizations are listed on separate pages.  Currently on Washington State has a page, but keep checking back as we’ll be working on pages for Idaho, Alaska and Oregon and adding them on as they are developed.

FAIN U.S. Federal Depts and Agencies

Administration for Native Americans (Children and Families)Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
Department of AgricultureU.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Bureau of Indian AffairsDepartment of Commerce
Department of EnergyDepartment of Education
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Department of Health and Human Services
Indian Health ServiceDepartment of Housing and Urban Development
Department of InteriorDepartment of Justice
Department of LaborSmall Business Administration
Department of TransportationDepartment of the Treasury
Department of Veterans Affairs

FAIN British Columbia First Nations Federal and Native organizations

First Nations In BC Knowledge NetworkAboriginal Organizations & Services
Indigenous and Northern Affairs CanadaFirst Nation Organizations
Turtle Island Native Network
Native Women’s Association of Canada
National Native OrganizationsRegional Native Organizations
National Congress of American Indians.
There is an extensive
directory of Native Organizations
on the NCAI website.
Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians
National Indian Child Welfare AssociationColumbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission
American Indian Policy CenterNative American Land Conservancy
Indigenous Environmental NetworkNorthwest Indians Fish Commision
Indigenous Works (Indigenous networks in Canada)Northwest Indian Housing Association
Native Web(network)Northwest Indian Bar Association
Native American Environmental Protection CoalitionNorthwest and Alaska Tribal Technical Assistance Program
Native American Rights FundNorthwest Portland Area Indian Health Board
Four Worlds International InstituteUpper Columbia United Tribes
Indian Land Tenure Foundation
Tribal Self-Governance