Native Village of Venetie v. State of Alaska

918 F.2d 797 NATIVE VILLAGE OF VENETIE I.R.A. COUNCIL; Native Village of Fort Yukon I.R.A. Council; Nancy Joseph; Margaret Solomon, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. STATE OF ALASKA; Myra Munson, in her official capacity as Commissioner of the Department of Health and Social Services, Defendants-Appellees. No. 88-3929. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Aug. 9, 1989. Submission Vacated Aug. 10, 1989. Resubmitted May 8, 1990. Decided Nov. 6, 1990. Judith K. Bush, Alaska Legal Services Corp., Fairbanks, Alaska, for plaintiffs-appellants. D. Rebecca Snow, Office of the Atty. Gen., Fairbanks, Alaska, for defendants-appellees. Rebecca Craven, Native American Program, Oregon Legal Services, Portland, Or., for amici curiae Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde of Oregon. Lloyd Benton Miller, Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse & Miller, Anchorage, Alaska, for amici curiae Alaska Federation of Natives. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Alaska. Before O'SCANNLAIN, LEAVY and TROTT, Circuit Judges. O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge: 1 We must decide whether federal law requires the state of Alaska to accord "full faith and credit" to child-custody…