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NATIVE VILLAGE OF NENANA v. DEPT. OF HEALTH

No. S-692.

722 P.2d 219 (1986)

NATIVE VILLAGE OF NENANA, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

July 18, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Walleri, Tanana Chiefs Conference, Inc., Fairbanks, for appellant.

Deborah Howard, Asst. Atty. Gen., Anchorage, Norman C. Gorsuch, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellee.

Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., and BURKE, MATTHEWS, COMPTON and MOORE, JJ.

OPINION

BURKE, Justice.

The question in this appeal is whether, under the Indian Child Welfare Act, Pub.L. 95-608, 92 Stat. 3069 (1978), the superior court erred in denying an Indian tribe's petition for an order transferring the case of an Indian child from the jurisdiction of the court to that of the tribe. We conclude that the lower court properly denied the petition.

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The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services petitioned the...

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