Tribe: Organized Village of Kake
Section 1. Establishment and Purpose of the Keex’ Kwaan Peacemaking
Court
The Organized Village of Kake {OVK) Council of Keex’ Kwaan {Kake, Alaska) is
the governing body of a federally recognized tribe, and hereby establishes the Keex’ Kwaan Peacemaking Court in which the Tribe’s judicial powers shall be
vested. The Council does so under its inherent sovereignty, under Article Vofthe
Constitution and By-Laws of the Organized Village of Kake IRA, and under any
powers so implied or delegated by Congress. The Keex’ Kwaan Peacemaking
Court System shall consist of a Standing Peacemaking Court, a Circle
Peacemaking Court, a Court of Appeals, and such other Courts as the Keex’
Kwaan OVK Council may establish. The Keex’ Kwaan Peacemaking Court’s
purpose is to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the Keex’ Kwaan people.
The Court may address problems through a fair and consistent application of
written tribal laws and Keex’ Kwaan’s cultural values and traditions. Keex’
Kwaan’s Core Tribal Values, passed on today orally (unwritten) are the “Laws of
the Land” that has held our association of Clans together for thousands of years
to form Keex’ Kwaan. Yesterday our ancestors formed the sacred clan of
Guwakaan, the Deer People. They used this clan as the process of
Peacemaking. No moiety, of the Eagle or Raven, claims this animal as their Clan
Symbol, because no one can own the process of Peacemaking. Today we begin
to write down a living document that will grow with us and be amended by Keex’
Kwaan to meet the needs of the Tribe.