Commissioner of Indian Affairs Morris Thompson announced today that Jose M. Carpio, an Isleta Pueblo Indian, has been appointed superintendent of the Bureau of Indian Affairs' San Carlos Agency in Eastern Arizona.
Carpio has been Superintendent of the Umatilla Agency at Pendleton, Oregon. Carpio's appointment is effective May 9. He replaces James P. Howell who has retired. The agency serves the San Carlos Apache Tribe.
A veteran of the Marina Corps, Carpio has worked with the Bureau since 1955. He was formerly the Administrative Manager at the Eastern Navajo Agency, Crownpoint, New Mexico and at the Institute of American Indian Arts at Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Carpio, 47, is a graduate of the Albuquerque Indian School and has completed the Department of the Interior supervisory and management training.
