[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 45CFR1336.10]

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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
CHAPTER XIII--OFFICE OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 
                           AND HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 1336--NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAMS--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart A--Definitions
 
Sec. 1336.10  Definitions.


    For the purposes of this part, unless the context otherwise 
requires:
    Act means the Native American Programs Act of 1974, as amended (42 
U.S.C. 2991 et seq.).
    Alaskan Native means a person who is an Alaskan Indian, Eskimo, or 
Aleut, or any combination thereof. The term also includes any person who 
is regarded as an Alaskan Native by the Alaskan Native Village or group 
of which he or she claims to be a member and whose father or mother is 
(or, if deceased, was) regarded as an Alaskan Native by an Alaskan 
Native Village or group. The term includes any Alaskan Native as so 
defined, either or both of whose adoptive parents are not Alaskan 
Natives.
    American Indian or Indian means any individual who is a member or a 
descendant of a member of a North American tribe, band, Pueblo or other 
organized group of native people who are indigenous to the Continental 
United States, or who otherwise have a special relationship with the 
United States or a State through treaty, agreement, or some other form 
of recognition. This includes any individual who claims to be an Indian 
and who is regarded as such by the Indian tribe, group, band, or 
community of which he or she claims to be a member.
    ANA means the Administration for Native Americans within the Office 
of Human Development Services.
    Applicant means an organization which has applied for financial 
assistance from ANA.

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    Budget period means the interval of time into which a project period 
is divided for budgetary and funding purposes, and for which a grant is 
made. A budget period usually lasts one year in a multi-year project 
period.
    Economic and social self-sufficiency means the ability of Native 
Americans to define and achieve their own economic and social goals.
    Indian tribe means a distinct political community of Indians which 
exercises powers of self-government.
    Native American means American Indian, Indian, Native Hawaiian, and 
Alaskan Native, as defined in the Act, or in this section.
    Project period means, for discretionary grants and cooperative 
agreements, the total time for which the recipient's project or program 
is approved for support, including any extension, subject to the 
availability of funds, satisfactory progress, and a determination by HHS 
that continued funding is in the best interest of the Government.
    Recipient means an organization which has applied for financial 
assistance, and to which financial assistance is awarded under this Act. 
The term includes grantees and recipients of cooperative agreements.