LIST: Native American tribes that still ban gay marriage...

Below is a list of federally recognized Native American tribes that have laws either defining marriage as between a man and a woman or explicitly prohibiting same-sex marriages, along with excerpts of those laws. At least 10 other tribes recognize same-sex marriages, while many more are silent on the matter.

The sovereign tribes' laws would not be directly affected by a U.S. Supreme Court decision on gay marriage expected this spring or summer because the tribes weren't parties to the U.S. Constitution, said Lindsay Robertson, director of Oklahoma University's Center for the Study of American Indian Law and Policy.

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