Title 25, IndiansRelease 119-102
§183 Marriage of White Men to Indian Women; Evidence
Title 25 › CHAPTER 5 — PROTECTION OF INDIANS › § 183
Summary
Courts must accept proof that a white man married an Indian woman (a tribal member) by the person's own admission, by reputation, by living together as spouses, or by other indirect evidence.
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Title 25, §183
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Whenever the marriage of any white man with any Indian woman, a member of any such tribe of Indians, is required or offered to be proved in any judicial proceeding, evidence of the admission of such fact by the party against whom the proceeding is had, or evidence of general repute, or of cohabitation as married persons, or any other circumstantial or presumptive evidence from which the fact may be inferred, shall be competent.
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25 U.S.C. § 183
Title 25, Indians
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102