Tribal Law - Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota; National Indian Law Library, Native American Rights Fund

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota - Tribal Law

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Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians Tribal Code.

1.23.080 Enforcement of Snowmobile Regulations

Snowmobile regulations contained in this Code and those prescribed by the Tribal Council pursuant thereto by resolution shall be enforced by the Bureau of Indian Affairs law enforcement officers, tribal police, and tribal game wardens. Any employee of the State of North Dakota who has been duly authorized to enforce snowmobile regulations or laws of the State shall also be authorized to enter upon any restricted Indian land and waters of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians and make arrest of non-Indians for snowmobile law violations in the same manner as on unrestricted lands or waters of the State. Indian violators shall be prosecuted in the Turtle Mountain Tribal Court and non-Indians prosecuted in State or Federal Court as the case may require.