Oversight of the Indian Child Welare Act of 1978: Hearing Before the Select Committee on Indian Affairs, United States Senate, Ninety-eighth Congress, Second Session, on Oversight on the Implementation of the Indian Child Welare Act of 1978, April 25, 1984, Washington, D.C.

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1984 - 431 pages
 

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Page 132 - Resolved by the Senate and Assembly of the State of California, jointly. That the Legislature of the State of California...
Page 132 - States ; and be it further Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate be hereby directed to transmit copies of this resolution to the President and Vice President of the United States...
Page 218 - Indian child's tribe, the court, in the absence of good cause to the contrary, shall transfer such proceeding to the jurisdiction of the tribe, absent objection by either parent, upon the petition of either parent or the Indian custodian or the...
Page 204 - In any State court proceeding for the foster care placement of, or termination of parental rights to, an Indian child not domiciled or residing within...
Page 403 - The Congress hereby declares that it is the policy of this Nation to protect the best interests of Indian children and to promote the stability and security of Indian tribes and families by the establishment of minimum Federal standards for the removal of Indian children from their families...
Page 80 - Such term or terms shall not include a placement based upon an act which, if committed by an adult, would be deemed a crime or upon an award, in a divorce proceeding, of custody to one of the parents.
Page 299 - AGAINST, under authority contained in Article V, Section l(a) of the Constitution of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, ratified by the Colville Indians on February 26, 1938, and approved by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs on April 19, 1938.
Page 132 - That the chief clerk of the assembly be hereby directed to transmit copies of this resolution to the President and Vice President of the United States, to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and to each Senator and Representative from California in the Congress of the United States.
Page 175 - Indian child" means any unmarried person who is under age eighteen and is either (a) a member of an Indian tribe or (b) is eligible for membership in an Indian tribe and is the biological child of a member of an Indian tribe...
Page 297 - ... an alarmingly high percentage of such children are placed in non-Indian foster and adoptive homes and institutions; and (5) that the States, exercising their recognized jurisdiction over Indian child custody proceedings through administrative and judicial bodies, have often failed to recognize the essential tribal relations of Indian people and the cultural and social standards prevailing in Indian communities and families.

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