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kind: "range"
citation: "25 U.S.C. §§ 181–183"
title: "25"
from: "181"
to: "183"
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release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/25/181..183"
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# §181. Rights of white men marrying Indian women; tribal property


No white man, not otherwise a member of any [tribe](/usc/25/3402.md?p=2-A) of [Indians](/usc/25/1934.md), who may after August 9, 1888, marry an [Indian](/usc/25/1934.md) woman, member of any [Indian tribe](/usc/25/81.md?p=a-2) in the United States, or any of its Territories except the Five Civilized [Tribes](/usc/25/3402.md?p=2-A) in the [Indian](/usc/25/1934.md) Territory, shall by such marriage after August 9, 1888, acquire any right to any tribal property, privilege, or interest whatever to which any member of such [tribe](/usc/25/3402.md?p=2-A) is entitled.


# §182. Rights of Indian women marrying white men; tribal property


Every [Indian](/usc/25/1934.md) woman, member of any such [tribe](/usc/25/3402.md?p=2-A) of [Indians](/usc/25/1934.md), who may be married after August 9, 1888, to any citizen of the United States, is hereby declared to become by such marriage a citizen of the United States, with all the rights, privileges, and immunities of any such citizen, being a married woman: Provided, That nothing in [sections 181 to 183](/usc/25/181..183.md) of this title contained shall impair or in any way affect the right or title of such married woman to any tribal property or any interest therein.


# §183. Marriage of white men to Indian women; evidence


Whenever the marriage of any white man with any [Indian](/usc/25/1934.md) woman, a member of any such [tribe](/usc/25/3402.md?p=2-A) of [Indians](/usc/25/1934.md), is required or offered to be proved in any judicial proceeding, evidence of the admission of such fact by the party against whom the proceeding is had, or evidence of general repute, or of cohabitation as married persons, or any other circumstantial or presumptive evidence from which the fact may be inferred, shall be competent.