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Show India" Marriages Recognized. That a'marriage contracted between embers of an Indian tribe in accord- 111 with the customs of such tribe, fi n c 6 -here the tribal relations and govern- t existed at the time of such mar-nlt mar-nlt e and there was no federal statute " nderiug the tribal customs invalid, rem be recognized by the courts as a I W lar and valid marriage for all purses pur-ses is held in Buck vs. Bransr.n. 34 "la 'sOT. And the same effect U also .en to the dissolution of marriages, nder the customs of the tribe, as is ' given to the marriage relation itself. Such marriages are not to be treated as common law marriages, but as legal marriages according to the customs of the tribe, when such customs are recognized rec-ognized by congress as concerning and regulating the domestic relations of the tribe. |