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Show Indian Marriages Recognized, That a marriage contracted between mombors of an Indian trlbo In accordance accord-ance with tho customs of such tribe, whoro tho tribal relations and government govern-ment existed at tho tlmo of such mnr-rlngo, mnr-rlngo, and thoro was no fodoral statute rendering tho trlbnl customs invalid, will bo recognized by tho courts as a regular nnd valid marriage for all purposes, pur-poses, Is hold In Buck vs, Branson, 31 Okla. 807. Aud tho Bamo offoct Is also glvon to tho dissolution "of" marriages, unUer tho customs of the trjbo, as Is glvon to tho marrlago relation Itsolf. Such marriages aro not to bo treated as common law marriages, but as legal marriages according to tho customs of tho tribe, when such customs aro recognized rec-ognized by congress ns concerning and regulating tho .domestic rolntlonB of tho trlbo. |