Agency Strengthens Support for American Indians and Alaska Natives in Federal Contracting 

A final rule for the Indian Health Service, a division of the Health and Human Services Department, was published in the Federal Register Thursday to further implement the Buy Indian Act, which was first enacted in 1910 to give preference to Native owned and controlled businesses in certain federal contracts. The Bureau of Indian Affairs, within the Interior Department, is the only other federal agency to which the Buy Indian Act applies.  

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