59.04.020 Duties of the Research Review Board

The RRB shall have the following duties and responsibilities:

(a) to examine and comment on all proposals for research to be conducted within the Reservation or involving Members of the Tribe, and to monitor and regulate such research;

(b) to promulgate rules under which the RRB shall operate subject to the laws of the Tribe.

(c) to coordinate and insure that the interests of affected Tribal programs, departments, and members are protected.

(d) to inform the Tribal Council regarding RRB actions.

(e) to coordinate and interact with the researcher(s) in order to ensure the Tribe's control of the research process and the Tribe's ownership of data and information generated by such research.

(f) to negotiate the terms and conditions of a research agreement.