 A band is a "body of Indians (a) for whose use and benefit in common lands ... have been set apart, (b) ... moneys are held ... or (c) declared ... to be a band for the purposes of" the "Indian Act" by the Canadian Crown.The term Indian is a misnomer given to indigenous peoples of North America by European explorers who erroneously thought they had landed in the East Indies.The use of the term "Native Americans", which the US government and others have adopted, is not common in Canada.