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Jicarilla Apache Tribe: Judiciary Functions/Dispute Resolution Excerpt

Jicarilla Apache Tribe: Judiciary Functions/Dispute Resolution Excerpt
Jicarilla Apache Tribe: Judiciary Functions/Dispute Resolution Excerpt
Year

ARTICLE VI-POWERS OF THE REPRESENTATIVE TRIBAL COUNCIL
SECTION 4. Peace and Order.-The Council may make regulations, subject to review by the Secretary of the Interior, to protect the peace, safety, morals, and general welfare of the reservation, to provide a means of settling disputes, and to regulate the domestic relations of members of the Tribe.

constitution
independent judiciary
dispute resolution
sovereignty
Native Nations
Jicarilla Apache Tribe
Resource Type
Constitutions and Constitutions Excerpts
Topics
Constitutions
Citation

Jicarilla Apache Nation. 1937. "Constitution and Bylaws of the Jicarilla Apache of the Jicarilla Apache Indian Reservation, New Mexico." Dulce, NM.

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