O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:
We must decide whether federal law requires the state of Alaska to accord "full faith and credit" to child-custody determinations made by the tribal courts of native villages.
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The native villages of Venetie and Fort Yukon lie on or above the Arctic Circle in Alaska's frozen tundra. Venetie has a population of 132, according to the 1980 census, all but three of whom are native. Five hundred and eighty-six people reside...
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