Bia

¹

[ bahy-uh ]

noun

1. the ancient Greek personification of force: daughter of Pallas and Styx and sister of Cratus, Nike, and Zelos.

BIA

²

1. Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Example Sentences

Meanwhile, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, or BIA, operated undercover narcotics officers out of the reservation’s Prairie Knights Casino, where many pipeline opponents rented rooms, according to one of the depositions.

From Salon

Less widely known than the FBI’s undercover operations are those of the BIA, which serves as the primary police force on Standing Rock and other reservations.

From Salon

During the NoDAPL movement, the BIA had “a couple” of narcotics officers operating undercover at the Prairie Knights Casino, according to the deposition of Darren Cruzan, a member of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma who was the director of the BIA’s Office of Justice Services at the time.

From Salon

It’s not unusual for the BIA to use undercover officers in its drug busts.

From Salon

A spokesperson for Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, who oversees the BIA, also declined to comment.

From Salon