The Indian Reservation Roads Program (IRR) is part of the
Bureau of Indian Affairs
The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), also known as Indian Affairs (IA), is a United States List of United States federal agencies, federal agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior, Department of the Interior. It is responsible for im ...
(BIA) and is meant to meet the transportation needs of
American Indians in the United States
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American Indian tribes
In the United States, an American Indian tribe, Native American tribe, Alaska Native village, Indigenous tribe, or Tribal nation may be any current or historical tribe, band, or nation of Native Americans in the United States. Modern forms of t ...
, and
Alaska Natives
Alaska Natives (also known as Native Alaskans, Alaskan Indians, or Indigenous Alaskans) are the Indigenous peoples of Alaska that encompass a diverse arena of cultural and linguistic groups, including the Iñupiat, Yupik, Aleut, Eyak, Tli ...
.
These roads, also known as BIA Roads are given to tribes by providing funds for planning, designing, construction, and maintenance activities.
The program is jointly administered by the
Federal Lands Highway Program and the BIA.
These roads are public that provide access to and within
Indian reservations
An American Indian reservation is an area of land land tenure, held and governed by a List of federally recognized tribes in the contiguous United States#Description, U.S. federal government-recognized Native American tribal nation, whose gov ...
,
Indian trust land
Tribal sovereignty in the United States is the concept of the inherent authority of Indigenous tribes to govern themselves within the borders of the United States.
The U.S. federal government recognized American Indian tribes as independe ...
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restricted Indian land, and
Alaska native villages.
Approximately are under the jurisdiction of the BIA and tribes and another are under State and local ownership.
The authorizing legislation is the highway authorization act (currently the Safe, Accountable, Flexible and Efficient Transportation Equity Act – A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU)) and codified in Title 23 U.S.C. and 25 C.F.R. Part 170.
The IRR program funds can be used for any type of Title 23 transportation project providing access to or within Federal or Indian lands and may be used for the State/local matching share for apportioned Federal-aid Highway Funds.
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External links
Federal Highway Administration Home Page
References
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United States Bureau of Indian Affairs
Federal Highway Administration