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Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians Tribal Code.

58.01.020 Applicability

(a) The provisions contained herein apply to all individuals and facilities involved in the harvesting, processing, transporting, packing and holding of food products derived from wild animals and plants harvested by a member or members of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians within the Tribe's Ceded Territories and/or within the exterior boundaries of the Turtle Mountain Reservation for processing as food for commercial sale and donation to Indian Tribal Operations and Child Nutrition Programs and do not apply to the following activities:

(1) Informal commercial sale, as defined in Sec. 58.0201 Definitions, located within the exterior boundaries of the Turtle Mountain Reservation;

(2) Home use of treaty-harvested foods, including informal distribution of treaty harvested foods among tribal families;

(3) Community feasts, as defined in Sec. 58.0201 Definitions; and

(4) Sale of whole deer and elk carcasses pursuant to the tribes' applicable off reservation conservation codes.