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ADOPTIVE COUPLE, Petitionersv.BABY GIRL, a minor child under the age of fourteen years, et al.No. 12–399.
from Part IV - Intimate Choice and Autonomy
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 April 2022
Argued April 16, 2013.Decided June 25, 2013.
Justices Matthew L. M. FLETCHER and Kathryn E. FORT delivered the opinion of the Court.*
This case is about a little girl (Baby Girl) who is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, like her father, grandparents, and a multitude of generations before her. American Indian tribal citizenship with a federally recognized tribe is a unique concept in American law. See, e.g., Santa Clara Pueblo v. Martinez, 436 U.S. 49, 55 (1978) (“[Indian tribes] have power to make their own substantive law in internal matters… .”). Tribal citizens are beneficiaries of the federal government’s trust relationship with Indian tribes, and the federal government has promised to tribal citizens for centuries to assist in the maintenance of tribal governments, cultures, and sovereignty.
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