American Indian or Alaska Native
Also known asAmerican Native Continental Ancestry Group · American Indians or Alaska Natives · American Natives · American Native · Native, American · Native Americans · American, Native · Native American · Native Americans, Federally-Recognized · Federally-Recognized Native American · Federally-Recognized Native Americans · Native American, Federally-Recognized
Definition
A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North, South and Central Americas, and who maintains tribal affiliation or community attachment (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1997/10/30/97-28653/revisions-to-the-standards-for-the-classification-of-federal-data-on-race-and-ethnicity). In the United States it is used for classification of federal government data on race and ethnicity. Race and ethnicity terms are self-identified social construct and may include terms outdated and offensive in MeSH to assist users who are interested in retrieving comprehensive search results for studies such as in longitudinal studies.
MeSH classification
- M01.270.968.500
- M01.686.477.250
- M01.686.477.625.594.500
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Alaska Natives
Persons having origins in any indigenous people of ALASKA and their descendants.
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Indians, Central American
Members of indigenous Central American populations with pre-colonial contact origins.
Indians, North American
Members of indigenous North American populations with pre-colonial contact origins.
Indians, South American
Members of indigenous South American populations with pre-colonial contact origins.
Indigenous Canadians
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Indigenous Peoples
Descendants who self-identify as members of a group who inhabited a country or region at the time when people of different cultures or ethni…
Inuit
Inuktitut-speakers generally associated with the northern polar region.
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Source: NIH MeSH 2026 (D044467) — National Library of Medicine, public domain. View official MeSH record ↗