Commissioners and Assistant Secretaries
Commissioners of Indian Affairs
Heads of the Bureau of Indian Affairs
- 1824–1830 Thomas L. McKenney
- 1830–1831 Samuel S. Hamilton
Commissioners of Indian Affairs
- 1832–1836 Elbert Herring
- 1836–1838 Carey A. Harris
- 1838–1845 Thomas Hartley Crawford
- 1845–1849 William Medill
- 1849–1850 Orlando Brown
- 1850–1853 Luke Lea
- 1853–1857 George Washington Manypenny
- 1857–1858 James W. Denver
- 1858–1858 Charles E. Mix
- 1858–1859 James W. Denver
- 1859–1861 Alfred B. Greenwood
- 1861–1865 William P. Dole
- 1865–1866 Dennis N. Cooley
- 1866–1867 Lewis V. Bogy
- 1867–1869 Nathaniel G. Taylor
- 1869–1871 Ely S. Parker
- 1871–1872 Francis A. Walker
- 1873–1875 Edward Parmelee Smith
- 1875–1877 John Q. Smith
- 1877–1880 Ezra A. Hayt
- 1880–1881 Rowland E. Trowbridge
- 1881–1885 Hiram Price
- 1885–1888 John D. C. Atkins
- 1888–1889 John H. Oberly
- 1889–1893 Thomas Jefferson Morgan
- 1893–1897 Daniel M. Browning
- 1897–1904 William A. Jones
- 1904–1909 Francis E. Leupp
- 1909–1913 Robert G. Valentine
- 1913–1921 Cato Sells
- 1921–1929 Charles H. Burke
- 1929–1933 Charles J. Rhoads
- 1933–1945 John Collier
- 1945–1948 William A. Brophy
- 1948–1949 William R. Zimmerman (acting)
- 1949–1950 John R. Nichols
- 1950–1953 Dillon S. Myer
- 1953–1961 Glenn L. Emmons
- 1961–1966 Philleo Nash
- 1966–1969 Robert L. Bennett
- 1969–1972 Louis R. Bruce
- 1973–1976 Morris Thompson
- 1976–1977 Dr. Benjamin Reifel
Assistant Secretaries of the Interior for Indian Affairs
- 1977–1978 Forrest Gerard
- 1979–1981 William E. Hallett
- 1981–1984 Kenneth L. Smith
- 1985–1989 Ross Swimmer
- 1989–1993 Eddie Frank Brown
- 1993–1997 Ada E. Deer
- 1997–2001 Kevin Gover
- 2001–2001 James H. McDivitt (acting)
- 2001–2003 Neal A. McCaleb
- 2003–2004 Aurene M. Martin (acting)
- 2004–2005 Dave Anderson
- 2005–2007 Jim Cason (acting)
- 2007–2008 Carl J. Artman
- 2008–2009 George T. Skibine (acting)
- 2009–2012 Larry Echo Hawk
- 2012-present Donald "Del" Laverdure
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