Indian Affairs Department

The New Mexico Indian Affairs Department (IAD) serves as the primary liaison between the State of New Mexico and the state's 23 federally recognized Nations, Tribes, and Pueblos. The department works to strengthen the government-to-government relationship between the State and tribal governments by facilitating communication, coordination, and collaboration on issues of mutual concern including infrastructure, education, health, environmental justice, and public safety.

The New Mexico Indian Affairs Department (IAD) serves as the primary liaison between the State of New Mexico and the state's 23 federally recognized Nations, Tribes, and Pueblos. The department works to strengthen the government-to-government relationship between the State and tribal governments by facilitating communication, coordination, and collaboration on issues of mutual concern including infrastructure, education, health, environmental justice, and public safety. Most Popular Services Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons The Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) is a crisis that impacts Indigenous peoples and communities. MMIP refers to the extreme high rates of violence that Indigenous Peoples face, and the lack of data around missing and murdered Indigenous Peoples. This crisis exists both on and off reservations and high rates of MMIP exist in cities. The New Mexico Department of Indian Affairs has worked to address this issue statewide to ensure that MMIP issues are highlighted. Tribal Infrastructure Fund (TIF) The Tribal Infrastructure Fund was created by the Tribal Infrastructure Act in 2005. This act recognizes that many of New Mexico's tribal communities lack basic infrastructure, including, but not limited to water and wastewater systems, roads, and electrical power lines. Capital Outlay Capital Outlay funds are used to build, improve or equip physical property that will be used by the public. Roads, computers, museums, playgrounds, schools, irrigation ditches, hospitals, lands, and furniture can all be capital outlay projects. Cultural Equity with Native Nations The State-Tribal Collaboration Act mandated training is all new for FY20! Formerly known as "Cultural Competency," the course is now titled "Building Cultural Equity with Native Nations," and it is open for enrollment on the ELM system. Indigenous Youth Council The Indigenous Youth Council (IYC) was formed in February 2021 following two listening sessions that the New Mexico Indian Affairs Department (IAD) held with tribal youth from across the state. Issues discussed ranged from the desire to have access to higher education resources to behavioral and mental health needs for tribal communities. Participants also voiced the desire to have more intertribal connections between the Nations, Tribes, and Pueblos in the state.