Tribal Questions by Country

North America — tribal and Indigenous group/identity questions identified in the supplied census materials

Country:

American Samoa

Status: Subsumed under Race
Year: 2020
Question: What is this person’s race? You may choose one or more races.

Classification: Tribal affiliation is collected within the Race question rather than as a separate tribal question.

Item	Question / response information
American Indian or Alaska Native	Print name of enrolled or principal tribe(s), for example, Navajo Nation, Blackfeet Tribe, Mayan, Aztec, Native Village of Barrow Inupiat Traditional Government, Nome Eskimo Community, etc.

Source: American_Samoa_2020_Questionnaire_EN.pdf

Brazil

Status: Standalone question
Year: 2022
Question: QUAL A SUA ETNIA, POVO OU GRUPO INDÍGENA?

Classification: This is not subsumed under another question. It follows the Indigenous identity questions and directly records the person’s Indigenous ethnicity, people, or group.

Item	Question / response information
Instruction	Especifique a(s) etnia(s) indígena(s) em até dois registros.
Response fields	4.03.1 ETNIA 1; 4.03.2 ETNIA 2 — the questionnaire opens a list of Indigenous ethnicities.

Source: Brazil_2022_questionario_basico_IBGE_PT.pdf

Canada

Status: Standalone question
Year: 2021
Question: Is this person First Nations, Métis or Inuk (Inuit)?

Classification: This is a separate Indigenous-identity question (Question 24), not subsumed under the ethnic or cultural origins question (Question 23).

Item	Question / response information
First Nations	Yes, First Nations (North American Indian)
Métis	Yes, Métis
Inuk (Inuit)	Yes, Inuk (Inuit)
Instruction	First Nations (North American Indian) includes Status and Non-Status Indians.

Source: Canada_2021_2A-L_long_form_EN.pdf

Costa Rica

Status: Standalone question
Year: 2022
Question: ¿A qué pueblo indígena pertenece (nombre)?

Classification: The questionnaire separately asks which Indigenous people the person belongs to (Question 8); it is not subsumed under the broader identity question.

Item	Question / response information
Related identity question	Según sus antepasados, costumbres y tradiciones, ¿(nombre) se considera ... indígena?
Language	¿Puede mantener una conversación en algún idioma indígena? Sí / No

Source: Costa_Rica_2022_enumeration_form_ES.pdf

Guam

Status: Yes
Year: 2020
Form: 2020 Census of Guam — Demographic and Housing Characteristics Questionnaire
Question: 7

What is this person’s race? You may choose one or more races.

Responses:

Code / item	Response
American Indian or Alaska Native	Print name of enrolled or principal tribe(s), with examples including Navajo Nation, Blackfeet Tribe, Mayan, Aztec, and others.

Question type: Subsumed under the race question — there is no separate tribal question

Source: guam_2020_questionnaire.pdf

Guatemala

Status: Yes
Year: 2018
Form: Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda 2017–2018 — Enumeration Form
Question: PCP12–PCP13

PCP12 asks how the person self-identifies according to origin or history; PCP13 asks which linguistic community the person belongs to when PCP12 = Maya.

Responses:

Code / item	Response
PCP12	Maya; Garífuna; Xinka; Afrodescendiente/Creole/Afromestizo; Ladina(o); Extranjera(o).
PCP13	For persons identifying as Maya, record the Maya linguistic community; the form lists 22 Maya linguistic communities.

Question type: Subsumed under Indigenous/ethnolinguistic identity — there is no separate question using the word tribe

Source: Guatemala_2018_enumeration_form_ES.pdf

Mexico

Status: Yes
Year: 2020
Form: Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020 — Cuestionario ampliado
Question: Q16

De acuerdo con su cultura, ¿(NOMBRE) se considera indígena?

Responses:

Code / item	Response
1	Yes.
3	No.

Question type: Standalone Indigenous self-identification question — no separate tribe name is requested

Source: Mexico_2020_cuestionario_ampliado_INEGI.pdf

Northern Mariana Islands

Status: Yes
Year: 2020
Form: 2020 Census of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands — Demographic and Housing Questionnaire
Question: Q7

What is this person’s race? You may choose one or more races.

Responses:

Code / item	Response
American Indian or Alaska Native	Print name of enrolled or principal tribe(s), with examples including Navajo Nation, Blackfeet Tribe, Mayan, Aztec, and others.

Question type: Subsumed under the race question — there is no separate tribal question

Source: Northern_mariana_islands_2020_questionnaire.pdf

Panama

Status: Yes
Year: 2023
Form: XII Censo de Población y VIII de Vivienda — Cuestionario Censal Década 2020
Question: Q8

Por sus costumbres, tradiciones y sus antepasados, ¿se considera (USTED/NOMBRE) indígena?

Responses:

Code / item	Response
01–11	Kuna; Ngäbe; Buglé; Naso; Teribe; Bokota; Emberá; Wounaan; Bri Bri; Otro grupo indígena; Ninguno.

Question type: Standalone Indigenous-group affiliation question

Source: Panama_2023_enumeration_form_ES.pdf

Puerto Rico

Status: Yes
Year: 2020
Form: 2020 Census of Puerto Rico — Decennial Questionnaire
Question: Q9

¿Cuál es la raza de esta persona? Marque una o más casillas y escriba los orígenes.

Responses:

Code / item	Response
American Indian or Alaska Native	Print the name of the enrolled or principal tribe(s), with examples including Navajo Nation, Blackfeet Tribe, Mayan, and Aztec.

Question type: Subsumed under the race question — there is no separate tribal question

Source: Puerto_Rico_2020_decennial_form_ES_EN.pdf

United States

Status: Yes
Year: 2020
Form: 2020 Census of the United States — Decennial Questionnaire
Question: Q9

What is Person 1’s race? (Tribal affiliation is collected within the American Indian or Alaska Native race response.)

Responses:

Code / item	Response
American Indian or Alaska Native	Print name of enrolled or principal tribe(s), with examples including Navajo Nation, Blackfeet Tribe, Mayan, and Aztec.

Question type: Subsumed under the race question — there is no separate tribal question

Source: US_2020_decennial_enumeration_form_EN_ES_IPUMS.pdf

U.S. Virgin Islands

Status: Yes
Year: 2020
Form: 2020 Census of the U.S. Virgin Islands — Demographic and Housing Questionnaire
Question: Q7

What is this person’s race? (Tribal affiliation is collected within the American Indian or Alaska Native race response.)

Responses:

Code / item	Response
American Indian or Alaska Native	Print name of enrolled or principal tribe(s), with examples including Navajo Nation, Blackfeet Tribe, Mayan, and Aztec.

Question type: Subsumed under the race question — there is no separate tribal question

Source: us_virgin_islands_2020_questionnaire.pdf