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Descriptor English: American Indian or Alaska Native
Descriptor Spanish: Indio Americano o Nativo de Alaska
Descriptor indio estadounidense o nativo de Alaska
Entry term(s) americanos nativos
americanos nativos con reconocimiento federal
amerindio
amerindios
estadounidenses nativos
estadounidenses nativos con reconocimiento federal
estadounidenses nativos reconocidos a nivel federal
grupo ancestral continental nativo estadounidense
grupo de ascendencia continental nativa americana
indios estadounidenses
indios estadounidenses o nativos de Alaska
nativos estadounidenses
nativos estadounidenses reconocidos a nivel federal
Scope note: Persona con orígenes en cualquiera de los pueblos originarios de Norteamérica, Centroamérica o Sudamérica y que mantiene una afiliación tribal o un vínculo comunitario (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1997/10/30/97-28653/revisions-to-the-standards-for-the-classification-of-federal-data-on-race-and-ethnicity). En los Estados Unidos se utiliza para la clasificación de los datos del gobierno federal sobre la raza y la etnia. Los términos de raza y etnia son constructos sociales autoidentificados y pueden incluir términos obsoletos y ofensivos en el MeSH para ayudar a los usuarios que estén interesados en obtener resultados de búsquedas exhaustivas para estudios tales como estudios longitudinales.
Descriptor Portuguese: Indígena Americano ou Nativo do Alasca
Descriptor French: Population d'origine amérindienne
Entry term(s): American Indians
American Native Continental Ancestry Group
American Natives
American, Federally-recognized Native
Federally-recognized Native American
Federally-recognized Native Americans
Indians, American
Native American, Federally-recognized
Native Americans
Native Americans, Federally recognized
Native Americans, Federally-recognized
Tree number(s): M01.270.968.500
M01.686.477.250
M01.686.477.625.594.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D044467
Scope note: 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.
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
ED education
EH ethnology
GE genetics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
Public MeSH Note: 2004; see AMERICAN NATIVE CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP 2004-2022
History Note: 2004
DeCS ID: 38411
Unique ID: D044467
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2004/01/01
Date of Entry: 2003/07/09
Revision Date: 2022/07/14
American Indian or Alaska Native - Preferred
Concept UI M0445141
Scope note 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.
Preferred term American Indian or Alaska Native
Entry term(s) American Native Continental Ancestry Group
American Natives
Native Americans
Native Americans, Federally-recognized - Narrower
Concept UI M000733046
Preferred term Native Americans, Federally-recognized
Entry term(s) American, Federally-recognized Native
Federally-recognized Native American
Federally-recognized Native Americans
Native American, Federally-recognized
Native Americans, Federally recognized
American Indians - Narrower
Concept UI M000757512
Preferred term American Indians
Entry term(s) Indians, American



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