§ 125.3 - Definitions.

As used in this part, the term—

(a) Area Director means the Area Director, Aberdeen Area Office, BIA, or his/her delegate.

(b) Bureau or BIA means the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior.

(c) Commissioner means the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, BIA, or his/her delegate.

(d) Sioux benefits means the allotment of stock and farming equipment plus $50.00 cash as provided for by the Act of March 2, 1889, c. 405, § 17, 25 Stat. 888, 895, or its commuted cash value as provided in the Act of June 10, 1896, c. 398, 29 Stat. 321, 334.

(e) Sioux Indian means a member of any of the bands or tribes comprising the Sioux Nation of Indians to which the Act of March 2, 1889, c. 405, 25 Stat. 888, applied.

(f) Single person includes all unmarried persons (other than an unmarried person under the age of eighteen years) and any person who is legally separated, divorced, or widowed.

(g) Head of a family means only:

(1) A married person who meets the requirements of § 125.4(c)(1) or (2) (if living with his/her spouse) or § 125.4(c)(3) (if not living with his/her spouse), and

(2) An unmarried person under the age of eighteen years who meets the requirements of § 125.4(c)(3).

(h) For the purpose of determining family support under §§ 125.4(c)(2) and 125.4(c)(3), family means two or more persons (including the applicant) related by blood, through marriage, or by adoption to the applicant and who live together in the same household and are dependent upon the applicant for all or part of their support.