What Do Tribes Do With Notice?

If the child in a custody proceeding is or may be an Indian child, ICWA notice to the concerned tribe or tribes:

• Enables them to determine whether the child is an Indian child as defined in ICWA; and
  
  
• Advises them of their rights to:
  
  
  • Transfer the proceeding to tribal court,
    
    
  • Intervene (i.e., appear as a party in the proceeding), or
    
    
  • Participate in the case.

(See In re Nikki R. (2003) 106 CA4th 844, 848.)