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The Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 provides for tribal jurisdiction in adoption and custody cases of Indian children who are domiciled in Indian country. Children ultimately take the domicile of their parents, and children born to unwed parents take the domicile of their mother. [39] Tribal courts also exercise jurisdiction in adoption and ...
National Tribal Justice Resource Center [5] Native American Law Research Guide (Georgetown Law Library) [6] Tribal Law Gateway ; Native American Constitution and Law Digitization Project; American Indian Law Center, Inc. American Indian Policy Center; Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior; National Congress of American Indians
The history of independent tribal courts is complex and has been shaped by the federal government's policies towards Native American tribes. [5] The establishment of independent tribal courts was a result of the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934, which aimed to promote tribal self-government and to preserve Native American culture and traditions. [6]
The Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (ICWA, enacted November 8, 1978 and codified at 25 U.S.C. §§ 1901–1963 [1]) is a United States federal law that governs jurisdiction over the removal of American Indian children from their families in custody, foster care and adoption cases.
It was the Sisseton Wahpeton tribal citizen’s first time in Washington, D.C., and she sat in front of two senators, multiple congressional aides, lawyers and clerks in a large, wood-paneled ...
Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996; Nelson Act of 1889; Oklahoma Indian Welfare Act; Public Law 280; Title 25 of the United States Code; Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010; Western Shoshone Claims Distribution Act of 2004; White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2009
The Supreme Court ruled in 1978 that tribal courts do not have inherent criminal jurisdiction over people who aren’t Native American, and that only Congress can assign that jurisdiction.
Inside a jail cell at Laguna Pueblo in New Mexico, Albertyn Pino’s only plan was to finish the six-month sentence for public intoxication, along with other charges, and to return to her abusive ...