Section 1. Authority and Relation to Unwritten Tribal Law

Statutes | Curyung Tribal Code tit. I, ch. 1 § 1 | 2019

Under inherent sovereignty of Indian Tribes of the United States and under the authority granted to the Curyung Tribal Council under Article XIII, Tribal Courts of the Curyung Tribal Constitution, the Curyung Tribal Council proposes to adopt this code of Tribal Ordinances. These Ordinances may be amended, repealed, or added to under the provisions of Chapter 2 of this Title.

The intent of the following Ordinances are not meant to undermine or eliminate unwritten laws and customs of the Tribe. Unwritten Traditional law has always been in place and the following written law will not replace the application of unwritten traditional law. The Curyung Tribe will continue to value and implement the knowledge of those customs and beliefs that cannot be written. Unwritten Traditional law shall be the highest form of law that the Tribe shall abide. In any written law conflicts with unwritten law, Traditional law shall prevail.