HOWE, Justice: (dissenting). I disagree with the majority that Cecelia’s acts of abandonment did not deprive the Navajo tribe of jurisdiction. The majority opinion concedes that the evidence supports the determination of the trial court that Cecelia intended to abandon her child, either when he left the reservation or shortly thereafter, but in any event before she appeared to sign the cons…
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