A/HRC/21/47/Add.1 Bureau of Indian Affairs 36. Water Rights Negotiation/Litigation Program: A programme of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) to provide funds to the United States and tribes for activities associated with securing or defending federally reserved Indian water rights through negotiations and/or litigation. It primarily provides funds for necessary documentation, expert witnesses and technical reports to further water rights claims. 37. Water Management, Planning, and Pre-Development Program: A BIA programme for assisting tribes in managing, conserving and utilizing trust water resources, primarily by providing funds for necessary technical research, studies and other information for Indian tribes. 38. High Priority Performance Goal crime reduction initiative of 2009: Programme implemented by the Bureau of Indian Affairs in collaboration with tribal law enforcement officials intended to reduce violent crime in four targeted reservations by five percent over a 24-month period. The initiative was expanded to two additional reservations. Bureau of Indian Education 39. The Bureau of Indian Education funds 183 elementary and secondary schools on 64 reservations throughout the United States, serving approximately 42,000 Indian students. Of these, 58 are tribally-operated under contracts or grants. The Bureau also funds or operates off-reservation boarding schools and provides higher education scholarships to Indian students. United States Geological Survey 40. Technical Training in Support of Native American Relations (TESNAR): A programme that provides grants for the development and implementation of technical training, by USGS scientists, for the employees of Tribes and tribal organizations in order to strengthen the technical capacity of Tribes in managing tribal natural and cultural resources. Bureau of Reclamation 41. Native American Affairs Program: A programme of the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) that provides support for Indian water rights negotiations and the realization of various irrigation, water development, drought relief and other services and programmes implemented by the BOR. 42. Water Rights Settlement Projects: Provides support for Indian water rights settlements, including serving as the construction entity for water supply projects approved as part of enacted settlements. 43. Bureau of Reclamation/ Rural Water Projects: Works with Indian tribes to assess their water supply needs, including for domestic uses, and to address these needs by designing and constructing water supply projects. Construction of water projects to provide safe and reliable domestic water supplies to Indian tribes, and other local entities, are ongoing in several states. US Fish & Wildlife Service 44. Tribal Wildlife Grants Program: Provided approximately 360 grants to nearly 200 tribal governments to conserve, protect and enhance fish, wildlife, plants and habitats. 28