25 CFR § 142.1 - Definitions.

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title: "25 CFR § 142.1 - Definitions."
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title_name: "Indians"
section_number: "142.1"
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chapter_name: "BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
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part_number: "142"
part_name: "ALASKA RESUPPLY OPERATION"
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# 142.1 Definitions.

*Area Director* means the Area Director, Juneau Area Office, Bureau of Indian Affairs.

*Bureau* means Bureau of Indian Affairs.

*Department* means Department of the Interior.

*Manager* means Manager of the Seattle Support Center.

*Must* is used in place of shall and indicates a mandatory or imperative act or requirement.

*Indian* means any individual who is a member of an Indian tribe.

*Indian tribe* means an Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, or community that the Secretary of the Interior acknowledges to exist as an Indian tribe pursuant to Public Law 103-454, 108 Stat. 4791.

*Alaska Native* means a member of an Alaska Native village or a Native shareholder in a corporation as defined in or established pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, 43 U.S.C. 1601 *et seq.*