Minority Classification Information
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• Asian Indian:
  A U.S. citizen whose origins are from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh
• Asian-Pacific:
  A U.S. citizen whose origins are from Japan, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan, Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, the Philippines, Thailand, Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Trust Territories of the Pacific or the Northern Mariana's.
• Black:
  A U.S. citizen having origins in any of the Black racial groups of Africa.
• Hispanic:
  A U.S. citizen of true-born Hispanic heritage, from any of the Spanish -speaking areas of Latin America, South America and the Caribbean Basin only.
• Native American:
  A person who is an American Indian, Eskimo, Aleut or Native Hawaiian, and regarded as such by the community of which the person claims to be a part. Native Americans must be documented members of a North American tribe, band or otherwise organized group of Native people who are indigenous to the continental United States and proof can be provided through a Native American Blood Degree Certificate (i.e. tribal registration letter, tribal roll register number).

• Upstate NY Regional Minority Purchasing Council. Inc.
  (regional office of National Minority Supplier Development Council)
  www.unyrmpci.org
• Small Business Administration
  www.sba.gov
• Empire State Development
  www.empire.state.ny.us
• City/County Certification
  www.erie.gov