# State Government (GSG)

## Title 9.5. Governor's Office of Community Initiatives

### Subtitle 3. Commission on Indian Affairs

#### Section 9.5-301

(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b) "Commission" means the Commission on Indian Affairs.

(c) "Community" means a tribe, band, group, or clan.

(d)

  (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) "Indian" includes a Native American Indian, a North American Indian, an American Indian, and an aboriginal American.

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Md. Code Ann., State Gov't (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)