Tribe: Organized Village of Kake
Section 11. Creative Sentencing – Options for Consensus Agreements
The Circle participants shall design sentences intended to help and heal victims,
offenders, and the Village of Kake. The Circle shall assign specific adult mentors
to oversee the completion of sentences. The Circle may choose one or more from
the following options: A. Community Service Work: Work sentences shall benefit the needy,
the village residents as a whole, the Elders, the victim of an offense,
offenders, and/or the youth. Work sentences may include and are
not limited to cutting wood, hauling water, shoveling snow, doing
laundry, or cleaning homes or yards for needy people or the
community hall or church, working in the school, conducting village
surveys, helping the local police officer , working with carpenters or
other tradesmen in the village, working in the OVK or City Offices,
participating in preparations for community events, building
maintenance or repair and cleaning up trash in the Village of Kake.
Circle participants shall not order work sentences that only benefit
themselves personally. Work sentences shall not displace persons
employed in the Village or employment opportunities. Work
sentences shall be completed within 30 days unless otherwise
directed by the Court.
B. Restitution: The Circle may order a wrongdoer to make restitution to
his or her victims or to the Village. Restitution is defined to include
payment of money, repairing property, and apologies. Restitution
payment shall go through the OVK Youth Coordinator. Non-monetary
restitution shall be supervised by OVK Youth Coordinator or by
another person designated by the Circle.
C. Apologies: The Circle may order wrongdoers to make apologies to
victims, parents or guardians, and/or to the whole Village at OVK
meetings or gatherings. The Circle may specify if the apologies shall
be in writing or oral or both.
D. Essays and Presentations: The Circle may order wrongdoers to
write essays and/or to give presentations. The Consensus Agreement shall specify the topics for such essays and the minimum
length. If a presentation is required, the audience such as the OVK
Council, school, or Elders shall be specified.
E. Organize Events or Fundraisers: The Circle may order
wrongdoers to organize or help organize events for the Youth and
village residents organize or fundraisers for restitution or village
projects.
F. Counseling by Professional Counselors, Peacemakers, and
Elders: The Circle participants may counsel wrongdoers in a helpful
spirit. The Circle may order professional counseling, as long as the
counseling is available in the village, or counseling by specific Kake
Elders. The Circle may also order peer counseling by specific peers,
or participation in talking circles.
G. Substance Abuse Awareness Sessions and Talking Circles: The
Circle may order participation in substance abuse awareness
sessions or talking circles in the Village.
H. Traditional Activities: The Circle may order a person found in
violation of an ordinance to participate in seasonally appropriate
traditional activities such as fish camps, trapping, hunting, putting up
fish or meat, culture camps, preparing Native foods, traditional crafts
and Native language activities, and other tribally sponsored or
approved traditional activities.