BIA & ESRI Team Up to Offer Free GIS Software and Training to Tribal Agencies:
The ESRI software products company and the Department of Interior/Bureau of Indian Affairs
(BIA) have teamed up to provide the ArcGIS suite for free to Federally recognized tribal agencies.
The BIA also provides online "Virtual Campus Courses" to help users learn how to use the software.
Funding permitting, they also provide live training seminars both at the National Indian Programs
Training Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and at various other field locations.
In order to participate in the program, tribes are required to submit a grant application to the
BIA. Once approved, the BIA will provide the software to the agency, as well as the training.
For more information on the grant program, as well as information on the products available,
visit the ESRI/BIA site at: http://www.esri.com/industries/federal/bia/
(BIA) have teamed up to provide the ArcGIS suite for free to Federally recognized tribal agencies.
The BIA also provides online "Virtual Campus Courses" to help users learn how to use the software.
Funding permitting, they also provide live training seminars both at the National Indian Programs
Training Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and at various other field locations.
In order to participate in the program, tribes are required to submit a grant application to the
BIA. Once approved, the BIA will provide the software to the agency, as well as the training.
For more information on the grant program, as well as information on the products available,
visit the ESRI/BIA site at: http://www.esri.com/industries/federal/bia/