§ 14-6-702 — Definitions

(a) As used in this act:
(i) "Child custody proceeding" means any action
concerning the custody or care of an Indian child, including a
shelter care placement, the termination of parental rights,
preadoptive placement or adoptive placement. "Child custody
proceeding" shall not include a placement based upon an act
that, if committed by an adult, would be deemed a crime and
shall not include an award of custody to a parent in a divorce
proceeding;
(ii) "Extended family member" means as defined by the
law or custom of the Indian child's tribe. In the absence of
tribal law or custom, "extended family member" means a person
who has reached age eighteen (18) and who is the Indian child's
grandparent, aunt, uncle, brother, sister, brother-in-law,
sister-in-law, niece, nephew, first cousin, second cousin or
stepparent;
(iii) "Indian" means a person who is a member of an
Indian tribe, or who is an Alaska native and a member of a
regional corporation as defined in section 7 of the federal
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act;
(iv) "Indian child" means any unmarried person under
age eighteen (18) and is either:
(A) A member of an Indian tribe; or
(B) Is eligible for membership in an Indian
tribe and is the biological child of a member of an Indian
tribe.
(v) "Indian child's tribe" means the Indian tribe in
which an Indian child is a member or eligible for membership or,
in the case of an Indian child who is a member of or eligible
for membership in more than one (1) tribe, the Indian tribe with
which the Indian child has the more significant contacts;
(vi) "Indian custodian" means any Indian person who
has legal custody of an Indian child under tribal law or custom
or under state law or to whom temporary physical care, custody
and control has been transferred by the parent of an Indian
child;
(vii) "Indian organization" means any group,
association, partnership, corporation or other legal entity
owned or controlled by Indians or a majority of whose members
are Indians;
(viii) "Indian tribe" means any Indian tribe, band,
nation or other organized group or community of Indians
recognized as eligible for the services provided to Indians by
the United States secretary of the interior because of their
status as Indians, including any Alaska native village as
defined in section 3(c) of the federal Alaska Native Claims
Settlement Act;
(ix) "Parent" means a biological parent or the
parents of an Indian child or any Indian person who has lawfully
adopted an Indian child, including adoptions under tribal law or
custom. "Parent" shall not include a father whose paternity has
not been acknowledged or established under law;
(x) "Reservation" means Indian country as defined by
18 U.S.C. 1151 and any lands where title is held by the United
States in trust for the benefit of any Indian tribe or person or
held by any Indian tribe or person subject to a restriction by
the United States against alienation;
(xi) "Shelter care" means as defined by W.S. 14-3-
402(a)(xvii) and shall include foster care;
(xii) "Tribal court" means a court with jurisdiction
over child custody proceedings and that is either a court of
Indian offenses, a court established and operated under the code
or custom of an Indian tribe or any other administrative body of
a tribe that is vested with authority over child custody
proceedings;
(xiii) "This act" means W.S. 14-6-701 through 14-6-
715.