Source: http://www.narf.org/nill/Codes/bluelakecode/blue08-00.htm
Timestamp: 2014-10-31 06:13:28
Document Index: 80543257

Matched Legal Cases: ['§2', '§3', '§4', '§5', '§6', '§7']

Blue Lake Rancheria Ordinances, Use of Tribal Custom and Traditional Law
ORDINANCE No. 08-2000 USE OF TRIBAL CUSTOM AND TRADITIONAL LAW ORDINANCE
(b) The term "person" means any individual, corporation, firm, partnership, joint venture, association, social club, estate, trust, federal, tribal, state, county, city, or district government, or other political subdivision thereof, or any other group or combination acting as a unit whether incorporated or not, including a person acting in fiduciary or representative capacity.
(d) The term "Tribal EPA" means the Tribal Environmental Protection Agency of the Blue Lake Rancheria.
(e) The term "Tribe" means the Blue Lake Rancheria, a federally recognized tribe.
§2. Choice of Law
In carrying out judicial functions, the Tribal EPA and the Business Council shall apply the laws, ordinances, customs and traditions of the Tribe. In the absence of tribal laws in civil matters, the Tribal EPA and the Business Council may apply the laws and regulations of the United States.
§3. Tribal Custom and Tradition
(a) Tribal custom and tradition shall supersede any conflicting evidentiary or procedural rule, when specifically presented by the Tribal EPA, Business Council, or any person in a civil action before the Tribal EPA or Business Council.
(b) Tribal custom and tradition shall be established by testimony or affidavit of an expert or by the Tribal EPA or Business Council. An expert is an elder or other person recognized by the community as knowledgeable in tribal custom and tradition.
§4. Effect of Ordinance on Other Tribal Ordinances
§5. Severability
§6. Sovereign Immunity
§7. Amendments