Indian tribe

An Indian tribe is any extant or historical tribe, band, nation, or other group or community of Indigenous peoples in the Americas. The term is defined in the United States for some federal government purposes to include only tribes that are federally recognized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, established pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act [43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.]. Such tribes, including Alaska Native village or regional or vill... more
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