[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 34, Volume 2]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 34CFR371.4]



[Page 379-380]

 

                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION

 

 CHAPTER III--OFFICE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, 

                         DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

 

PART 371_VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICE PROJECTS FOR AMERICAN INDIANS 

WITH DISABILITIES--Table of Contents

 

                            Subpart A_General

 

Sec.  371.4  What definitions apply to this program?



    (a) The definitions in 34 CFR part 369 apply to this program;

    (b) The following definitions also apply specifically to this 

program--

    American Indian means a person who is a member of an Indian tribe.





(Authority: Secs. 12(c) and 130 of the Act; 29 U.S.C. 711(c) and 750)



    Consortium means two or more eligible governing bodies of Indian 

tribes that make application as a single applicant under an agreement 

whereby



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each governing body is legally responsible for carrying out all of the 

activities in the application.





(Authority: Secs. 12(c) and 130 of the Act; 29 U.S.C. 711(c) and 750)



    Governing bodies of Indian tribes means those duly elected or 

appointed representatives of an Indian tribe or of an Alaskan native 

village. These representatives must have the authority to enter into 

contracts, agreements, and grants on behalf of their constituency.





(Authority: Secs. 12(c) and 130 of the Act; 29 U.S.C. 711(c) and 750)



    Indian tribe means any Federal or State Indian band, rancheria, 

pueblo, colony, and community, including any Alaskan native village or 

regional village corporation (as defined in or established pursuant to 

the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act).





(Authority: Secs. 12(c) and 130 of the Act; 29 U.S.C. 711(c) and 750)



    Reservation means a Federal or State Indian reservation, public 

domain Indian allotment, former Indian reservation in Oklahoma, and land 

held by incorporated Native groups, regional corporations and village 

corporations under the provisions of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 

Act.



(Authority: Secs. 12(c) and 130(c) of the Act; 29 U.S.C. 711(c) and 

750(c))



[46 FR 5423, Jan. 19, 1981, as amended at 52 FR 30555, Aug. 14, 1987; 59 

FR 8338, Feb. 18, 1994]