This booklet attempts to answer briefly the most common questions about American Indians asked by students, people who believe they have Indian ancestors, individuals who want to visit or volunteer to work on a reservation, or those who want to know the current Indian policy. Separate sections outline President Reagan's American Indian policy; current federal appropriations for Indian affairs; statistics about the 1,418,195 American Indians, Eskimos, and Aleuts from about 504 federally recognized tribes who occupy about 300 federal Indian reservations and 53 million acres of trust lands; programs and responsibilities of the Bureau of Indian Affairs; and demographic information on Indian birth rates, infant death rates, life expectancy, causes of death, and suicide rates. A section of questions and answers defines/describes what an Indian is, what a tribe is, how Indians become tribal members, what an Indian reservation is, the number of Indian languages, military service of Indians, relationship to the federal government, citizenship and voting rights, legal rights and obligations, treaty relationships, and tribal governments. Among additional information sources presented are a selected 61-item bibliography, 5 sources of Indian photographs, a list of Bureau of Indian Affairs Area Offices, and a list of 14 national Indian organizations. (NEC)