1. (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
2. (b) “Commission” means the Commission on Indian Affairs.
3. (c) “Community” means a tribe, band, group, or clan.

4. (d)

   1. (1) “Indian” means an individual or community that is, or whose members are, descended from a tribe that inhabited North America before European contact.
   2. (2) “Indian” includes a Native American Indian, a North American Indian, an American Indian, and an aboriginal American.

Added as Human Services § 2-501 by Acts 2007, c. 3, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2007. Transferred to State Government § 9.5-301 by Acts 2008, c. 521, § 2, eff. July 1, 2008.