II. METHODOLOGY

• The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) anti-drug requests are based on funding to support law enforcement related activities, such as training for drug crisis response as well as eradication. In addition, percentages of programs in Tribal Courts, Judicial Services, Social Services (emergency shelters), Law Enforcement, and Detention Construction are all assumed to be drug control related.

III. PROGRAM SUMMARY

• The mission of the Bureau is to enhance the quality of life, promote economic opportunity, and carry out the responsibility to protect and improve the trust assets and lives of American Indians, Indian Tribes and Alaska Natives. The mission is accomplished through the delivery of quality services and maintaining government-to-government relationships within the spirit of Indian self-determination.



• The Bureau provides services directly, or through contracts, grants or compacts, to more than one million Indians, Eskimos, and Aleuts who are members of 554 federally recognized tribes in 31 states. The Bureau is trustee over 46 million acres of tribally-owned land, 10 million acres of individually-owned land, and 440,000 acres of federally-owned land. The Bureau's organization consists of headquarters offices in Washington, D.C., and Albuquerque, NM, 12 area offices and 83 agency offices.



• The Bureau employs approximately 385 police offers and 100 criminal investigators. Tribes employ an estimated 1,250 police officers and criminal investigators. These law enforcement officers protect life and safety as well as provide drug enforcement for Indian tribes throughout the country.



• The Bureau continues to support the National Drug Control Strategy by providing law enforcement activities on reservations near U.S. borders with Mexico and Canada. The Bureau coordinates and works with the Department of Defense and State and local law enforcement agencies for marijuana eradication and drug interdiction support. In addition, the Bureau supports its Drug Enforcement Section at Artesia, New Mexico, and tribal courts training on substance abuse deterrence and rehabilitation, as well as enhancing prevention and education programs that target youth to reduce their use of illicit drugs, alcohol, and tobacco products.

1997 Base Program

• BIA's antidrug resources total $15.6 million and 99 FTEs in FY 1997.



• The FY 1997 base includes $14.9 million which supports Goal 2 of the National Drug Control Strategy. This amount consists of investigation efforts. BIA, in cooperation with other Federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies, continues to investigate, interdict, and prosecute illegal distribution and the sale of narcotics on Indian reservations, including those near the U.S. border with Mexico.



• The FY 1997 base includes $0.2 million which supports Goal 3 of the National Drug Control Strategy. This amount supports the Bureau's participation in the Department of Interior's Drug-Free Workplace initiative.



• The FY 1997 base includes $0.5 million which supports Goal 4 of the National Drug Control Strategy. This funding has been provided to the Tohono O'odharn Nation for law enforcement assistance since their reservation borders Mexico.

• The total FY 1998 drug control budget request is $18.2 million and 115 FTEs for anti-drug program activities. These resources will allow BIA to continue its anti-drug program with an increase proposed for local law enforcement level activities.

• The total drug control request for Goal 2 activities for FY 1998 is $17.5 million. The FY 1998 request will expand support to promote community-oriented policing and target drug problem areas. BIA will also expand support for operations that target all levels of drug trafficking and drug crime. In addition, the Bureau will continue law enforcement training concerning investigations, eradication and interdiction.



• Tribal Law Enforcement Programs. The request includes $15.1 million and 106 FTEs for tribal drug-related activities. These estimates exclude any law enforcement programs of over 200 tribes participating in the Self-Governance program.



• BIA Law Enforcement Programs. A total of $1.9 million and 8 FTEs are requested for special investigations, training, equipment, and operations in support of anti-drug efforts.

• The drug control request for Goal 3 activities for FY 1998 is $0.2 million. The FY 1998 request will continue substance abuse testing program for employees in critical sensitive positions by maintaining funds to support drug-free workplace.

• The drug control request for Goal 4 activities for FY 1998 is $0.5 million. The FY 1998 request will continue law enforcement support along Southwest border for Tohono O'odharn Nation.

V. PROGRAM STATISTICS

	1996 Actual	1997 Estimate	1998 Projected
- Alcohol Arrests*	60,645	65,000	70,000
- Marijuana Plants Destroyed	499,900	549,900	599,000
- Drug-Related Arrests	766	842	951
- Drug Seizures	219,230	240,000	250,000

* Includes felony and misdemeanor arrests; does not include traffic arrests.

VI. PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• There are 31 fully operational emergency shelters located throughout Indian Country.



• Two new juvenile detention facilites (Fort Peck and Eagle Butte) have been constructed and are fully operational.



• The Bureau has provided outreach training to more than 200 police officers in marijuana eradication and highway interdiction.



• Since the inception of nationwide anti-drug activities, BIA has destroyed in excess of 2 million marijuana plants and has made more than 4,500 drug-related arrests.