2-4-2. MARRIAGE BY TRIBAL CUSTOMS.

The Rosebud Sioux Tribe and its courts shall recognize the sanctity and validity of marriage by tribal custom and traditional practice, without requirements of oath, affirmation or ceremony or involvement of religious or civil authority.  Under traditional practice, and the meaning of this section, such marriage and legal recognition thereof shall require only mutual commitment and prolonged cohabitation along with actual or implied recognition of the same by the parties and their families.