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Indian

        

A person on the tribal rolls of an Indian tribe. A person on the tribal rolls is also known as an "enrolled member" or a "member" or an "enrolled person" or an "enrollee" or a "tribal member."

         

Indian country

        "Indian country" has the same meaning as given in 18 U.S.C. 1151 and means:

 
(i) All land within the limits of any Indian reservation under the jurisdiction of the United States government, notwithstanding the issuance of any patent, and, including rights of way running through the reservation;

 
(ii) All Indian allotments, the Indian titles to which have not been extinguished, including rights of way running through the same.

       

Indian tribe

         An Indian nation, tribe, band, community, or other entity recognized as an "Indian tribe" by the United States Department of the Interior. The phrase "federally recognized Indian tribe" and the term "tribe" have the same meaning as "Indian tribe."
         

Indian reservation

       Reservation land and trust or federally restricted land located outside a reservation.
       

Nonmember

     A person not on the tribal rolls of the Indian tribe.
       

State sales and use tax

         Includes local sales and use tax.


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