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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 ...
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.
This is a list of U.S. Supreme Court cases involving Native American Tribes.Included in the list are Supreme Court cases that have a major component that deals with the relationship between tribes, between a governmental entity and tribes, tribal sovereignty, tribal rights (including property, hunting, fishing, religion, etc.) and actions involving members of tribes.
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]
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 ...
Nygaard filed appeals in tribal and federal courts, and the case wound its way through the legal system for nine years before making its way to the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals, which affirmed the ...
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
Tribal rights are also covered by the act. [14] Tribal courts have exclusive jurisdiction for cases arising on Indian reservations [15] and concurrent jurisdiction elsewhere. The case may be removed from a state court to a tribal court at the request of the tribe [fn 2] unless one of the Indian child's parents object. [17]