Title 25 — IndiansRelease 119-73not60
§184 Rights of Children Born of Marriages Between White Men and Indian Women
Title 25 › Chapter 5— PROTECTION OF INDIANS › § 184
Summary
Children born before June 7, 1897 to a white man and a biological Indian woman (not adopted), if the mother was recognized by her tribe then or at her death, have the mother's tribal property rights; no earlier Act of Congress can deny them.
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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 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60