Okla. Stat. tit. 10, § 10-40.2: Definitions

For the purposes of the Oklahoma Indian Child Welfare Act:

1. "Indian" means a person who is a member of an Indian tribe;2. "Indian child" means any unmarried or unemancipated person who is under the age of 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;

3. "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 such child; and

4. "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 Secretary of the Interior

because of their status as Indians.