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Indian custodian

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United States Code

25 U.S.C. § 1903 — for the purposes of this chapter

“Indian custodian” means any Indian person who has legal custody of an Indian child under tribal law or custom or under State law or to whom temporary physical care, custody, and control has been transferred by the parent of such child;