Links to State and Tribal Child Welfare Law and Policy - Cherokee Nation

Date: August 2024

TRIBAL CODE

Website: https://cherokee.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=4104384&GUID=8E861182-A949-441A-85F6-90FF275B80F4

Citations:

  • Title 10: Children
    • Chapter 1B: Indian Child Welfare Act
    • Chapter 2, 2A: Adoption
    • Chapter 3: Paternity

OTHER RESOURCES

Indian Child Welfare

Legislative Research Center

Notes:

More than 141,000 Cherokee Nation citizens reside within the Tribe's reservation boundaries in northeastern Oklahoma. The Cherokee Nation is headquartered in Tahlequah, Oklahoma.

Tribal website: https://cherokee.org/