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Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians v. Holyfield 490 U.S. 30 (1989) was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the Indian Child Welfare Act governed adoptions of Indian children and a tribal court had jurisdiction over a state court regardless of the location of birth of the child if the child or the natural parents resided on the reservation.