National_Institute_for_Indigenous_Affairs
National Institute for Indigenous Affairs
Argentina government agency
The National Institute for Indigenous Affairs (Spanish: Instituto Nacional de Asuntos Indígenas; INAI) is a decentralised agency of the Government of Argentina responding to the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights tasked with overseeing the government's policy on affairs pertaining to Argentina's various indigenous communities.
It was established in 1985. Some of Argentina's largest indigenous communities include the Guaraní, the Diaguita, the Qulla, the Mapuche, the Aonikénk, the Wichí, the Qom, among others. Overall, an estimated 3 million people belong to these communities.