tribal membership
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From 283 U.S. 753 - Halbert v. United States · 1931Most cited · 77 citing opinions
the right of individual Indians to share in tribal property, whether lands or funds, depends on tribal membership and is terminated when the membership is ended. Under the operation of this rule an Indian woman loses her tribal membership where she marries a white man, separates from the tribe and lives with him among white people. But it is the separation from the tribe rather than the marriage which puts an end to the membership.