§3653 Definitions

Summary

Defines the key words used in the chapter. Attorney General means the Attorney General of the United States. Director means the Director of the Office of Tribal Justice. Indian lands includes places called "Indian country" under section 1151 of title 18, or "Indian reservations" under sections 1452(d) or 1903(10) of this title. For section 1452(d), “former Indian reservations in Oklahoma” only covers lands inside an Oklahoma Indian Tribe’s jurisdiction (as the Secretary of the Interior decides) that the Secretary says are eligible for trust under part 151 of title 25, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on December 21, 2000). Indian tribe means any organized Indian group that runs or plans to run justice under its own or U.S. authority and is recognized as eligible for federal Indian programs. Judicial personnel means judges and other court officials, staff, probation officers, dispute facilitators, and volunteers in the tribal justice system. Non‑profit entity has the meaning in section 501(c)(3) of title 26. Office of Tribal Justice means the Office of Tribal Justice in the U.S. Department of Justice. Tribal court, tribal court system, or tribal justice system means the tribe’s whole judicial branch and its workers, including traditional dispute methods, trial and appellate courts (including inter‑tribal appeals), alternative dispute resolution, and circuit rider systems, whether or not they are courts of record.