22-23A-3: Definitions.

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.