Joan A. v. Native Village of Akhiok

Opinion

MOORE, J.

Joan A. filed a petition in the superior court seeking a determination of whether the Indian Child Welfare Act (25 U.S.C. § 1901 et seq.; hereinafter ICWA or the Act)1 applied to a prospective independent adoption of Baby Girl A. (minor), her natural child, and asking the court to *1614accept her consent to the proposed adoption. The Native Village of Akhiok, sought to intervene in the proceeding. Ultimately, the lower court denied its request. The village appeals from that order.

The parties seek resolution of two issues: (1) Whether appellant is entitled to intervene in what is…