Statutes | The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Law Code Title III Chapter 3 Part 1 ยง 3-3-101 | 2019

This Chapter shall be liberally interpreted and construed to fulfill the following expressed purposes:

 

(1) To preserve and retain the family unit whenever possible. To provide for the care, protection, and wholesome mental and physical development of youth offenders who are within the provisions of this code

 

(2) To recognize that alcohol and substance abuse among youths is a disease which is both preventable and treatable

 

(3) To prevent and reduce youth delinquency with a system of adjudication that provides:

(a) immediate, consistent, enforceable, and avoidable consequences of youth&rsquos actions

(b) a program of supervision, care, treatment and rehabilitation, detention, and competency development, consistent with the protection of the reservation

 

(4) To achieve the purposes of this code utilizing the family unit whenever possible and to separate the youth from the family unit only when necessary for the youth&rsquos welfare or to protect public safety

 

(5) to recognize youth and parental/guardian responsibility and accountability through restitution ordered by the Court in appropriate cases

 

(6) To provide judicial and other procedures through which the provisions of this code are executed and enforced and in which the parties are assured a fair hearing and their civil and other legal rights are protected under the Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968 and statutory rights under the Law and Order Code of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Indian Tribes of the Flathead Reservation, Montana

 

(7) To provide a continuum of services for youths and their families from prevention to residential treatment, with emphasis whenever possible on prevention, early intervention and community based alternatives and

 

(8) To provide a forum where an Indian youth who is an enrolled or enrollable member of  the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes and is charged in other jurisdictions may be referred for adjudication and/or disposition.