OPINION
COLLINS, Chief Justice.
This appeal is from an order determining heirship and a holding that Allie Ponina was not the wife and hence not the widow of Paul Ponina, deceased. We reverse that ruling and declare that Allie and Paul were husband and wife at the time of his death. She is therefore entitled to share in his estate as his widow.
Allie Ponina is an aged (71 years) full-blooded Paiute Indian and a member of the Pyramid Lake-Nixon Tribe...
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