What is NIEAs definition of American Indian?
The term “American Indian” is used to describe a person who: 1) is a member of a tribe, band, or other organized group of Indians, including those tribes, bands, or groups terminated since 1940 and those recognized now or in the future by the state in which they reside, or who is a descendent, in the first or second degree, of any such member, or 2) is considered by the Secretary of the Interior to be an Indian for any purpose, or 3) is an Eskimo or Aleut or other Alaska Native, or 4) is recognized as an Indian by his/her community.
