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The Sac and Fox Nation of Oklahoma Code of Laws (Title 13 – Family, Chapter 1 – Marriage & Divorce) requires that marriages consummated in accordance with state law or in accordance with tribal law, which involve a native person, must be recorded with the Clerk of the Tribal District Court.
Lucy Covington , activist for Native American emancipation. [7] Mary Dann and Carrie Dann (Western Shoshone) were spiritual leaders, ranchers, and cultural, spiritual rights and land rights activists. Joe DeLaCruz , Native American leader in Washington, U.S., president for 22 years of the Quinault Tribe of the Quinault Reservation.
Prior to the enactment of DOMA, the GAO identified 1,049 federal statutory provisions [2] in which benefits, rights, and privileges are contingent on marital status or in which marital status is a factor. An update was published in 2004 by the GAO covering the period between September 21, 1996 (when DOMA was signed into law), and December 31, 2003.
Lucero v. United States was a Supreme Court of the United States decision that ruled the Pueblo Tribe of New Mexico wasn't legally protected under the Nonintercourse Acts. . The Nonintercourse Act established federally recognized Indian reservations in the United Sta
A 40-year-old law enacted to keep Indigenous families together is in danger of being overturned, resurfacing America's ugly legacy of separation.
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling that expands state authority to prosecute some crimes on Native American land is upending decades of law supporting tribal sovereignty.
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 Supreme Court considers a lawsuit that alleges a law giving preference to Native Americans in the adoption process allows a form of racial discrimination.