obsolete OMB American Indian or Alaska Native identity information content entity true Amanda Hicks An OMB racial identity information content entity that is about some person's identifying as American Indian or Alaska Native, which is intended to mean having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America (including Central America), and maintains tribal affiliation or community attachment. Mathias Brochhausen Matthew Diller S. Clint Dowland Sarah Bost This definition corresponds to that used by OMB. It is worth noting that the OMB definition from which this one is derived is problematic, in that it implies that one's race cannot be Native American or Alaskan Native unless one maintains tribal affiliations or community attachment. William R. Hogan