54.01.010 Purpose and Authority

(a) The Purpose of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians is to protect the graves and funerary objects of all our ancestors, to minimize the occurrence of intrusion upon gravesites, traditional burials, and Christian burials, to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the People within the territory and jurisdiction of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians.

(b) The purpose of this title is to adopt a uniform system of protecting the traditional and funerary object and to establish a registry providing for the recording and cataloging of burial sites of Tribal members and to preserve and protect such sites from disturbance, disinterment, or other destructive activities.

(c) Article IX, Sections (a)(2-6) of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians Constitution ("Constitution") delegates the Tribal Council the power to make laws, including codes, ordinances, resolutions, and statutes.