2020 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 22 - Public Schools
Article 23A - Indian Education
Section 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.
History: Laws 2003, ch. 151, § 3; 2007, ch. 295, § 2; 2007, ch. 296, § 2.
ANNOTATIONSThe 2007 amendment, effective June 15, 2007, added Subsections A through D and F. Laws 2007, ch. 295, § 2 and Laws 2007, ch. 296, § 2 enacted identical amendments to this section. The section was set out as amended by Laws 2007, ch. 296, § 2. See 12-1-8 NMSA 1978.
