[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR371.4]

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                           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;

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    (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 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]