Our Twin Cities Field Office recently drafted language for inclusion in
the proposed Public Law 93-638 contract with the Red Lake Chippewa
Tribe for the operation of a tribal court on the Red Lake
Reservation. The draft language would commit the tribe to
compliance with the Indian Civil Rights Act. ...
The BIA Minneapolis Area Office sent this language to the Central Office Division of Tribal Government Services for review and that office recommended against its inclusion in the contract.
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Given the past record of the Red Lake Tribe, it is unlikely that it will operate the court in
The BIA Minneapolis Area Office sent this language to the Central Office Division of Tribal Government Services for review and that office recommended against its inclusion in the contract.
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Given the past record of the Red Lake Tribe, it is unlikely that it will operate the court in
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[86] This recommendation was supported by U.S. Attorney Jerome G. Arnold of Minnesota, attorney Mark A. Anderson of the Interior Department's Office of the Field Solicitor, and C. Hughes, Acting Associate Solicitor of the Department's Division of Indian Affairs. Letter from Mark A. Anderson, Office of the Field Solicitor, U.S. Department of the Interior, to Earl J. Barlow, Area Director, Minneapolis Area Office (Apr. 16, 1987); U.S. Department of the Interior Memorandum from C. Hughes, Acting Associate Solicitor, Division of Indian Affairs, to Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs (Nov. 13, 1987).
