Title 25 — IndiansRelease 119-73
§184 Rights of children born of marriages between white men and Indian women
Title 25 › Chapter CHAPTER 5— - PROTECTION OF INDIANS › § 184
Summary
Children born before June 7, 1897, from marriages between a white man and an Indian woman who was biological (not adopted) and who was recognized by her tribe on that date or when she died, must have the same rights to their mother's tribal property as any other member of that tribe. No earlier Act of Congress may be used to take away those rights.
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Title 25, §184
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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.
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25 U.S.C. § 184
Title 25 — Indians
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73