### Question
How is the term Indian tribal government defined?


### Answer
The term **Indian tribal government** is defined in *42 U.S.C. § 5122* as the following:

> the governing body of any Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, or community that the Secretary of the Interior acknowledges to exist as an Indian tribe under the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 479a et seq.)

#### Citation:
  - *42 U.S.C. § 5122*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 68-DISASTER RELIEF > SUBCHAPTER I-FINDINGS, DECLARATIONS, AND DEFINITIONS**

