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WAKEFIELD v. LITTLE LIGHT

[No. 5, September Term, 1975.]

276 Md. 333 (1975)

347 A.2d 228

WAKEFIELD ET UX. v. LITTLE LIGHT, ETC. ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided November 13, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John G. Gill, Jr., for appellants.

Elloyd E. Lotridge, with whom was John C. Eidleman on the brief, for Gail Little Light, etc. et al., part of appellees. Bertram E. Hirsch for Crow Tribe of Indians, other appellee.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SINGLEY, SMITH, DIGGES, LEVINE, ELDRIDGE and O'DONNELL, JJ.

MURPHY, C.J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

This appeal draws into question the power of a state court to award custody of an American Indian child to non-Indian petitioners over the objection of the child's mother and of the Indian tribe to which she belongs and requires an examination of the jurisdictional relationships pertaining to child custody among the Indian tribes, the federal government, and the various states...

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