25 U.S.C. § 184 — Rights of children born of marriages between white men and Indian women

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Children born before June 7, 1897 to a married white man and an Indian woman by blood — where the tribe recognized the woman as a member on that date or at her death — have the same rights to tribal property as any other tribe member. No earlier act of Congress can be read to take away that right.

All children born of a marriage performed before June 7, 1897, between a white man and an Indian woman who was a member by blood (not by adoption), where the tribe recognized that woman as a member either on that date or at the time of her death, have the same rights and privileges to the tribe's property as any other member of that tribe — the tribe the mother belonged to, or had belonged to when she died. No earlier act of Congress can be read as taking away that child's right.

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All children born of a marriage solemnized prior to June 7, 1897, between a white man and an Indian woman by blood and not by adoption, where said Indian woman was on that date, or was at the time of her death, recognized by the tribe, shall have the same rights and privileges to the property of the tribe to which the mother belongs, or belonged at the time of her death, by blood, as any other member of the tribe, and no prior Act of Congress shall be construed as to debar such child of such right.

Source credit: (June 7, 1897, ch. 3, 30 Stat. 90.)

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1897Enacted · Act of June 7, 1897, ch. 3 · 30 Stat. 90

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 3 on 1897-06-07.

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