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CHEROKEE NATION v. NOMURA

No. 102,875.

160 P.3d 967 (2007)

2007 OK 40

CHEROKEE NATION, Plaintiff/Appellee, v. Michael NOMURA, Co-Director of Heritage Family Services in his Official Capacity as Administrator of the Oklahoma Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, Defendant/Appellee, and American Adoptions of Florida, Inc., Defendant/Appellant.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

May 22, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael E. Yeksavich, Tulsa, OK, for Appellant.

Sara E. Hill, Tahlequah, OK, for Plaintiff/Appellee.

Leah Farish, Tulsa, OK, for Defendant/Appellee.

Scott D. Boughton, Oklahoma City, OK, for Oklahoma Attorney General.

OPINION

WATT, Justice.

¶ 1 This case was previously retained by this Court for disposition. It involves the interaction of the Oklahoma Indian Child Welfare Act (Oklahoma Act) 10 O.S.2001 §§ 40-40.9, the federal Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (Federal Act), 25 U.S.C. §§ 1901, et seq., and the Oklahoma Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (Interstate Compact Act), 10 O.S.2001 §§ 571-576. We consider the right...

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