25 C.F.R. § 26.1 Definitions.
Title 25 - Indians
(a) Agency office means the current organization unit of the Bureau which provides direct services to the governing body or bodies and members of one or more specified Indian tribes. (b) Appeal means a written request for correction of an action or decision claimed to violate a person's legal rights or privileges as provided in part 2 of this chapter. (c) Applicant means an individual applying under this part. (d) Application means the process through which a request is made for assistance or services. (e) Area Director means the Bureau official in charge of an Area Office. (f) Contract office means the office established by a tribe or tribes who have a contract to administer the Employment Assistance Program. (g) Indian means any person of Indian or Alaska native descent who is an enrolled member of any of those tribes listed or eligible to be listed in the (h) Indian tribe means any Indian tribe, band, nation or other organized group or community including any Alaska Native Village which is recognized by the Secretary of the Interior as having special rights and responsibilities and is recognized as eligible for the services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians. (i) Near reservation means those areas or communities adjacent or contiguous to reservations which are designated by the Assistant Secretary upon recommendation of the local Bureau superintendent, which recommendation shall be based upon agreement with the tribal governing body of those reservations, as locales appropriate for the extension of financial and/or social services, on the basis of such general criteria as: (1) Number of Indian people native to the reservation residing in the area, (2) Geographical proximity of the area to the reservation, and (3) Administrative feasibility of providing an adequate level of services to the area. The Assistant Secretary shall designate each area and publish the designations in the (j) Reservation means any bounded geographical area established or created by treaty, statute, executive order or interpreted by court decision and over which a federally recognized Indian Tribal entity may exercise certain jurisdiction. (k) Superintendent means the Superintendent or Officer in Charge of any one of the Agency offices of the Bureau of Indian Affairs or his/her authorized representative. (l) Tribal governing body means the recognized entity empowered to exercise the governmental authority of a federally recognized tribe.
Title 25: Indians
PART 26—EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE FOR ADULT INDIANS
Subpart A—Definitions, Scope of the Employment Assistance Program and Information Collection
§ 26.1 Definitions.
