Statutes | Makah Tribal Law and Order Code Title 6 Chapter 1 ยง 6.1.01 | 2020
It is the purpose of this Juvenile Code to secure for each child coming before the Tribal Juvenile Court such care, guidance, and control, preferably in his own home, as will serve his welfare and the best interests of the Makah Indian Tribe to preserve and strengthen family ties whenever possible to preserve and strengthen the childs cultural and ethnic identity wherever possible to secure for any child removed from his home that care, guidance, and control as nearly equivalent as that which he should have been given by his parents to help him develop into a responsible, well-adjusted adult to improve any conditions or home environment which may have contributed to his delinquency and at the same time, to protect the peace and security of the community and its individual residents from juvenile violence or lawbreaking. To this end, this Code shall be liberally construed.