[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 8, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2010]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 8CFR289.1]

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                     TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
 
               CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 289_AMERICAN INDIANS BORN IN CANADA--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 289.1  Definition.

Sec.
289.1 Definition.
289.2 Lawful admission for permanent residence.
289.3 Recording the entry of certain American Indians born in Canada.

    Authority: Secs. 103, 262, 289, 66 Stat. 173, 224, 234; 8 U.S.C. 
1103, 1302, 1359; 45 Stat. 401, 54 Stat. 670; 8 U.S.C. 226a, 451.


    The term American Indian born in Canada as used in section 289 of 
the Act includes only persons possessing 50 per centum or more of the 
blood of the American Indian race. It does not include a person who is 
the spouse or child of such an Indian or a person whose membership in an 
Indian tribe or family is created by adoption, unless such person 
possesses at least 50 per centum or more of such blood.

[29 FR 11494, Aug. 11, 1964]