lineal descendant
Defined in 1 place of the United States Code.
The term “lineal descendant” means an individual that can trace, directly and without interruption, the ancestry of the individual through the traditional kinship system of an Indian tribe, or through the common law system of descent, to a known Indian, the human remains, funerary objects, or other sacred objects of whom are claimed by the individual.
Source
- 2008–present25 U.S.C. § 3052Indians · Definitions · in this chapter