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MeSH Heading: American Indian or Alaska Native
Tree Number(s): M01.270.968.500; M01.686.477.250; M01.686.477.625.594.500
Unique ID: D044467
RDF Unique Identifier: http://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 Race and ethnicity terms are self-identified social construct and may include terms outdated and offensive in MeSH to assist users who are interested in retrieving comprehensive search results for studies such as in longitudinal studies.
Entry Term(s): American Indians; American Indians or Alaska Natives; American Native Continental Ancestry Group; American Natives; Indians, American; Native Americans; Native Americans, Federally-Recognized
Public MeSH Note: 2004; see AMERICAN NATIVE CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP 2004-2022
History Note: 2004
Date Established: 2004/01/01
Date of Entry: 2003/07/09
Revision Date: 2022/07/14

Allowable Qualifiers: classification (CL)

education (ED)

ethnology (EH)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

legislation & jurisprudence (LJ)

psychology (PX)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

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 Race and ethnicity terms are self-identified social construct and may include terms outdated and offensive in MeSH to assist users who are interested in retrieving comprehensive search results for studies such as in longitudinal studies.
Terms: American Indian or Alaska Native Preferred Term
Term UI T001120951
Date05/31/2022
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2023); American Native Continental Ancestry Group
Term UI T531329
Date01/29/2003
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2004); American Indians or Alaska Natives
Term UI T001106288
Date05/12/2021
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2022); American Natives
Term UI T001080666
Date05/15/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Native Americans
Term UI T001080026
Date05/11/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021)

American Indian or Alaska Native MeSH Descriptor Data 2024