Race/ethnicity

ucbalumnus
Fri, 31 Jul 2020 18:50:33 +0000

“Native American” can really be two different classifications at some colleges.

Native American with tribal documentation.

Native American without tribal documentation.

Whether and how that matters, and what tribal documentation (if any) the college wants to see, depends on the college.

The US Census definition of “American Indian or Alaska Native” is:

https://www.census.gov/history/pdf/c2010br-10.pdf

US Census:

DEFINITION OF AMERICAN INDIAN OR ALASKA NATIVE USED IN THE 2010 CENSUS
According to OMB, “American Indian or Alaska Native” refers to a person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America (including Central America) and who maintains tribal affiliation or community attachment.
The American Indian and Alaska Native population includes people who marked the “American Indian or Alaska Native” checkbox or reported entries such as Navajo, Blackfeet, Inupiat, Yup’ik, or Central American Indian groups or South American Indian groups.