Below are links to online tribal code provisions relating to child custody, adoption and the Indian Child Welfare Act. Additional child welfare codes are available in print format from the National Indian Law Library. Contact the library for assistance. This page was updated in March 2015.
Online Tribal Code Provisions on Child Welfare
| Tribal Government | Tribal Code Provisions |
| Bay Mills Indian Community | Juvenile Code |
| Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of Montana | Family Code |
| Blue Lake Rancheria | Tribal Constitution (Article 5, Section 6-Q) |
| Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma | Juvenile Procedure Act of 1988 |
| Chickasaw Nation, Oklahoma | Title 6 - Domestic Relations and Families (Tribe's Website) |
| Chippewa-Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's Reservation, Montana | Law and Order Code (Section 2.23, Section 3.8, and Section 3.9) (Montana Indian Law Website) |
| Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana | Title 5 - Child Welfare Code |
| Colville Reservation (Confederated Tribes of) | Title 5.2 - Juveniles (Tribe's Website) |
| Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians (Confederated Tribes of) | Ch. 4.4 - Juvenile Dependency |
| Coquille Indian Tribe | Tribal Code, Ch. 644 - Intergovernmental Relationships for Child Welfare (Tribe's Website) |
| Elk Valley Rancheria, California | Tribal Constitution (Article 5, Section O) |
| Ely Shoshone Tribe | Chapter 125A ? Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act |
| Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota | Volume III, Title 5. Juvenile Code / Child Welfare |
| Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribe, Nevada | Tribal Code, Ch. 5 - Domestic Relations and Adoptions |
| Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation | Ch. 10 - Domestic Relations |
| Grand Ronde Community of Oregon (Confederated Tribes of) | Chapter 301 - Children and Families Ordinance (Tribe's Website under Tribal Ordinances, Current) |
| Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians | Title 10 - Children, Families, and Elders |
| Hoopa Valley Tribe, Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation | Title 14 - Child Protection / Family Assistance Code |
| Hopi Indian Tribe | Children's Code |
| Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians | Juvenile Code |
| Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin | Children's Code (Not Available Online, contact the Nat'l Indian Law Library) |
| Little River Band of Ottawa Indians | Chapter 900 - Family (Tribe's Website) |
| Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians | Law and Order Code: Title 5 - Child Welfare |
| Lummi Nation | Title 8 - Children's Code |
| Makah Indian Tribe of the Makah Indian Reservation | Title 6 - Juvenile Code |
| Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation | Title 5 - Child Welfare Code |
| Mescalero Apache Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico | Section 12 -Implementation of the Indian Child Welfare Act |
| Mille Lacs Band | Title 8 - Children and Families (Tribe's Website) |
| Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, Mississippi | Youth Code (Section 11-4-1, Section 11-5, and Section 11-7) (Tribe's Website) |
| Nez Perce Tribe | Title 5 - Juveniles and Dependents |
| Nisqually Tribe of the Nisqually Indian Reservation | Youth Code |
| Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana | Title 3 - Juvenile Code (Ch. 4 and Ch. 5) (Montana Indian Law Website) |
| Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Pine Ridge, South Dakota | Chapter 5 - Juvenile Code |
| Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin | Chapter 79 - Child Custody, Placement, and Visitation |
| Pawnee Indians of Oklahoma | Title 7 - Juvenile Procedure |
| Pit River Tribe | Title 8 - Family/Children's Code (Ch. 1, Ch. 4, Ch. 6, Ch. 11 - Ch. 13, Ch. 15) |
| Poarch Band of Creek Indians | Title 10: Children, Families and Elders (Tribe's Website) |
| Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana | Child Protection Code (Tribe's Website) |
| Ponca Tribe of Nebraska | Law and Order Code (Title 3 - Child Welfare) (Tribe's Website) |
| Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians | Children's Code |
| Redding Rancheria | Adoption Ordinances |
| Rosebud Sioux Tribe of South Dakota | Law and Order Code (Title 2.2 and Title 3) |
| Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa [Meskwaki Nation] | Title 7 - Child Welfare and Title 6 - Family Relations (Tribe's Website) |
| Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe | Tribal Adoption Act of 1995 |
| Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation (Confederated Tribes of) | CSKT Laws Codified (Title 3, Chapter 2 - Children) (Tribe's Website) |
| San Ildefonso (Pueblo of) | Code (Title 9 and Title 10) |
| Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe | Family Code |
| Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians | Child Welfare Code (Tribe's Website) |
| Shoshone and Arapaho Tribes of the Wind River Indian Reservation, Wyoming | Law and Order Code (Title 3 - Children's Code and Title 14 - Code of Civil Procedure) |
| Siletz Indians of Oregon (Confederated Tribes of) | Juvenile Code (Tribe's Website) |
| Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate | Tribal Code (Ch. 38, Ch. 56) |
| Skokomish Indian Tribe | Youth Code |
| Squaxin Island Tribe | Title 10 - Youth Code |
| Stockbridge-Munsee Community, Wisconsin | Youth Code (Ch. 7 - Ch. 13) |
| Swinomish Indian Tribal Community | Title 8 - Juveniles (Ch. 2) |
| Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada | Title 5 - Children's Welfare Ordinance |
| Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona | Children's Code |
| Tulalip Tribes of Washington | Ordinance 117 - Domestic Violence (Section 1.17) |
| Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation | Law and Order Code (Title 4 and Title 5) |
| Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon, Confederated Tribes of the | Chapter 360 - Juvenile Code (Section 360.510) (Tribe's Website) |
| White Earth Band of Chippewa | Law and Order Manual (Child/Family Protection Code and Title III. Tribal Juvenile Justice Code) |
| White Mountain Apache | Juvenile Code: Chapter 10 - Indian Child Welfare Act (University of Oklahoma's Website) |
| Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska | Title 4 - Juvenile Procedure (Section 4-107) (Tribe's Website) |
| Yankton Sioux Tribe of Indians | Tribal Code (Title IV - Dependent, Neglected and Delinquent Children Code and Title V - Juvenile Code) |
| Yomba Shoshone Tribe of the Yomba Reservation, Nevada | Law and Order Code (Title 8 and Title 9) |
| Ysleta del Sur Pueblo | Article 5 - Youth Code |