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§ 22-23A-3 NMSA 1978

Definitions

Known as the Indian Education Act

The act spans §§ 22–22 (12 sections).

Laws 2003, ch. 151, § 3; 2007, ch. 295, § 2; 2007, ch. 296, § 2.

As used in the Indian Education Act:

A. "assistant secretary" means the assistant secretary for Indian education;

B. "government-to-government" means the relationship between a New Mexico tribe and a state government;

C. "indigenous" means native or tribal groups of the Americas that maintain a cultural identity separate from the surrounding dominant cultures;

D. "tribal" means pertaining to urban Indians who are residents of New Mexico or to an Indian nation, tribe or pueblo located within New Mexico;

E. "New Mexico tribe" means an Indian nation, tribe or pueblo located within New Mexico; and

F. "urban Indian" means a member of a federally recognized tribe or an Alaskan native who lives in an off-reservation urban area and is a New Mexico resident.

Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.