Red Lake Court of Indian Offenses

Law and Order Provisions, Red Lake Reservation (1952 - 1990)

[Editor's Note: photocopied from a copy in the Beltrami County courthouse law library.   The United States  Commission on Civil Rights, Ahnishinahbæótjibway author Wub-e-ke-niew, and Native American Press/Ojibwe News publisher William J. Lawrence are among those who have written sharp criticisms of this 'tribal code,' and of the Red Lake Court of Indian Offenses.]

CHAPTER 1 ... Rules of Court CHAPTER 2 ... Red Lake Code of Tribal Offenses   Abduction   Adultery   Assault   Assault with the Intent to Commit Rape   Assault and Battery   Bigamy   Bastardy   Bribery   Carnal Knowledge of a Female Under 18 years   Carrying Concealed Weapons   Cruelty to Animals   Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor   Commercial Fishing   Curfew   Cutting Fence   Cutting Timber Without a Permit   Child Care   Destroying Evidence   Disobedience to Lawful Orders  of Court   Disposing of Property of an Estate   Disorderly Conduct                                       Defacing, Destroying, or Removing Signs or Markers   Embezzlement   Extortion   Extradition of Offenders   Failure to Support Dependent Persons   Failure to Send Children to School   Failure to Pay Stumpage   Failure to Observe Stop Signs and Posted Speed Zones   Failure to Report an Accident   Leaving the Scene of an Accident   Mufflers   Minor Operating a Motor Vehicle   Passing School Busses   Reckless Driving   Vehicles with Unsafe Equipment   Use of State Law in Indian Court   Giving Venereal Disease to Another   Illegal Sale of Trust or Restricted Property   Cohabitation   Injury to Public Property   Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping   Highway Hazards   False Arrest   Liquor Violation   Malicious Mischief   Maintaining a Public Nuisance   Fraud   Fire Fighters   Operating a Public Dance Hall   Perjury   Prostitution   Fires Started   Receiving Stolen Property   Flight to Avoid Prosecution   Refusing to Aid an Officer   Resisting Lawful Arrest   Removal of Non-members   Refuse on Highways   Riot   Setting Fires or Burning Without a Permit   Sale of Mortgaged Property or Property Covered by Lien   Towing or Hitching Rides   Travel on Highways by Pedestrian   Travel on Highways by Bicycle and Animal-drawn Vehicles   Theft   Trespass   Threat of Violence   Tuberculosis Patients   Unauthorized Leasing   Unauthorized Hay Cutting or Use of Agricultural Land   Vagrancy   Gambling   Violation of an Approved Tribal Ordinance   Control of Female Dogs   Control of Vicious Dogs   Wrecked or Abandoned Motor Vehicles on Right-of-Way   Resale or Removal of Cost-Purchased Lumber   Escape CHAPTER 3 ... Game and Fish CHAPTER 4 ... Civil Actions CHAPTER 5 ... Domestic Relations

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