Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians v. Holyfield
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Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians v. Holyfield
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Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians v. Holyfield, 490 U.S. 30 (1989), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the Indian Child Welfare Act governed adoptions of Indian children. It ruled that a tribal court had jurisdiction over a state court, regardless of the location of birth of the child, if the child or the natural parents resided on the reservation.
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1989 United States Supreme Court case
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_Band_of_Choctaw_Indians_v._Holyfield
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2023-09-13T02:43:11Z
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