The following words and terms, when used in this Subchapter, have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Child custody proceeding" means any proceeding regarding child custody under the Federal and State Acts, including:
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(A) "Adoptive placement" means the permanent placement of an Indian child for adoption, including any action that results in a final decree of adoption.
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(B) "Foster care placement" means any action removing an Indian child from the parent or Indian custodian for temporary placement in a foster home or institution or the home of a guardian or conservator. When the child is in foster care placement, parental rights have not been terminated, but the child may not be returned upon demand.
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(C) "Preadoptive placement" means the temporary placement of an Indian child in a foster home or institution after the termination of parental rights, but prior to or in lieu of an adoptive placement.
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(D) "Termination of parental rights" means any action that results in the termination of the parent-child relationship.
"Extended family member" means any person as defined by the law or custom of the Indian child's tribe, or, in absence of such law or custom, a person who is at least 18 years of age and is the Indian child's grandparent, aunt or uncle, brother or sister, brother-in-law or sister-in-law, niece or nephew, first or second cousin, or stepparent.
"Indian" means any person who is a member of an Indian tribe.
"Indian child" means any unmarried or unemancipated person who is younger than age 18 and either:
"Indian child's tribe" means:
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(A) the Indian tribe in which an Indian child is a member or eligible for membership; or
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(B) the Indian tribe with which the Indian child has the more significant contacts if the Indian child is eligible for membership in more than one tribe.
"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 the child.
"Indian tribe" means any Indian tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or community of Indians that have federal recognition.
"Parent" means any biological or adoptive parent, including adoption by tribal law or custom, of an Indian child, not to include an unwed father where paternity has not been acknowledged or established.
"Secretary" means the Secretary of the Interior.
"State Act" means the Oklahoma Indian Child Welfare Act, which is also referred to by the acronym OICWA.
"Tribal court" means a court with jurisdiction over child custody proceedings, including:
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(A) a court of Indian offenses;
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(B) a court established and operated under the code or custom of an Indian tribe; or
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(C) any other administrative body of a tribe that has authority over child custody proceedings.
"Tribal land" means Indian country as defined in Section 1151 of Title 18 of the United States Code and any lands, not covered under Section 1151, title to which is held by the United States in trust for the benefit of any Indian tribe or individual or held by any Indian tribe or individual subject to a restriction by the United States against alienation. Tribal land may also be referred to as "trust land." Tribal land is under the jurisdiction of the federal government or an Indian tribe, and usually not the state