STATE OF MINNESOTA

IN COURT OF APPEALS

A05-1615

A05-1631

In the Matter of the Welfare of the Child of:

T.T.B. and G.W., Parents.

Filed March 21, 2006

Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded

Lansing, Judge

HennepinCounty District Court

File No. 27-J8-03-071747, 27-J9-03-057131

FAM 245153

Jacqueline M. Beaulieu, Indian Child Welfare Law Center, 113 East Franklin Avenue, Suite 600, Minneapolis, MN 55404 (for appellant T.T.B.)

Leonardo Castro, Chief Fourth District Public Defender, Peter W. Gorman, Assistant Public Defender, 317 Second Avenue South, Suite 200, Minneapolis, MN 55401 (for appellant G.W.)

Thomas J. Vollbrecht, Guy-Uriel E. Charles (pro hac vice), Faegre & Benson LLP, 2200 Wells Fargo Center, 90 South Seventh Street, Minneapolis, MN 55402-3901 (for appellant Yankton Sioux Tribe)

Amy Klobuchar, Hennepin County Attorney, C-2000 Government Center, 300 South Sixth Street, Minneapolis, MN 55487; and

Mary M. Lynch, Assistant County Attorney, 525 Portland Avenue South, Suite 1210, Minneapolis, MN 55415 (for respondent Hennepin County Human Services and Public Health Department)

Jonathan G. Steinberg, 1155 Grain Exchange