Legal Opinion
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians v. Holyfield
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 3, 1989No. 87-980PublishedCited by 1,184 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brennan
This appeal requires us to construe the provisions of the Indian Child Welfare Act that establish exclusive tribal jurisdiction over child custody proceedings involving Indian children domiciled on the tribe’s reservation.
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The Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (ICWA), 92 Stat. 3069, 25 U. S. C. §§ 1901-1963, was the product of rising concern in the mid-1970’s over the consequences to Indian children, Indian families, and Indian tribes of abusive child welfare practices that resulted in the separation of large numbers of Indian children from their families and tribes through adoption or foster…
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