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

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Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians Tribal Code.

39.01.050 Grounds for Exclusion and Removal

A person subject to exclusion and removal as provided herein may be excluded or removed from any or all the territory and jurisdiction upon any one or more of the following grounds:

(a) Indians and/or non-Indians dealing, transporting (or assisting in the transport of) and/or selling drugs of any kind (and any derivative forms of such drugs), including but not limited to:

(1) Methamphetamine/Crank

(2) Cocaine

(3) Crack Cocaine

(4) Heroin

(5) Prescription drugs not prescribed to the person using them

(6) Marijuana

(b) Indian or Non-Indians convicted in any jurisdiction of one or more crimes involving sexual violence (i.e., including but not limited to rape, incest, sexual abuse of a minor, etc.)

(c) Non-Indians who engage in habitual criminal behavior which adversely affects the peace and dignity of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, conviction shall not be required, but may commence upon probable cause that crimes are alleged and have been committed in the past.

(d) Non-Indians committing frauds, confidence games, or usury against Indian people residing or lawfully present within any or all portions of Indian Country under the jurisdiction of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians by inducing them to enter into grossly unconscionable contracts of any kind.

(e) Non-Indians doing or threatening to do any act within any or all portions of Indian Country under the territory and jurisdiction of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians that seriously threatens the peace, health, safety, morals or general welfare of the Tribe, its members, or other persons living or lawfully.

Original url: /us/nsn/tmchippewa/council/code/39.01.050

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