Overview 

There are about 574 federally recognized American Indian Tribes in the U.S., and the FBI has federal law enforcement responsibility on nearly 200 Indian reservations. This federal jurisdiction is shared concurrently with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Office of Justice Services.

The FBI develops and implements strategies, programs, and policies to address crime in Indian Country, for which the FBI has responsibility.

The FBI's role in Indian Country includes:

• Program management
• Support for operational and forensic expenses
• Training of Indian Country law enforcement officers
• Initiatives related to missing and murdered Indigenous persons, domestic violence, and sex offenses
• Reporting under the Tribal Law and Order Act
  

Among the FBI's partners on Indian Country matters are

• the Department of Justice,
• the Bureau of Indian Affairs,
• the International Association of Chiefs of Police, and
• the National Indian Gaming Commission.

Training 

The FBI works with the Department of Justice and Bureau of Indian Affairs to provide training for federal, state, county, and tribal law enforcement officers.

The FBI typically supports the following courses for Indian Country law enforcement personnel:

• Indian Country criminal investigator training
  
• Death investigations
  
• Child physical and sexual abuse investigations
  
• Adult physical and sexual assault investigations
• Gang and drug trafficking investigations
  
• Public corruption investigations
• Financial crime investigations
• Crime scene management and evidence collection
• Crisis negotiation and tactical training
• Child forensic interviewing
  
• Interviewing and interrogation