IN RE WHITESHIELD

No. 8092.

124 N.W.2d 694 (1963)

In the Matter of Mary WHITESHIELD et al., Minor Children under the Age of Eighteen Years. James VERY, as Juvenile Commissioner of Benson County, North Dakota, Petitioner and Appellant, v. Fellx WHITESHIELD and Lucy Whiteshield, Respondents.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

November 19, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Helgi Johanneson, Atty. Gen., Gene C. Grindeland, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Bismarck, and Melvin Christianson, State's Atty., Minnewaukan, for petitioner and appellant.

Duffy & Haugland, Devils Lake, for respondents.

John B. Hart, Rolla, and Hans Walker, Jr., New Town, amici curiae.


TEIGEN, Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the district court, juvenile division, dismissing a proceeding for the termination of parental rights of Indian parents to their eight minor children. All of the persons involved in the proceedings are of Indian blood and are enrolled as such on the records of the Indian Bureau, United States Department of Interior. They reside upon Indian land, the title of which is held in trust by the United States of America and...

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