Tribe: Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota - Leech Lake Band
3-1.B Purpose.
The child/family protection code shall be liberally interpreted and construed to
fulfill the following expressed purposes:
1. To provide for the welfare, care and protection of the children and families on
the Leech Lake Indian Reservation.
2. To preserve unity of the family, preferably by separating a child from his
parents only when necessary;
3. To take such actions as may be necessary and feasible to prevent the abuse,
neglect or abandonment of children;
4. To provide a continuum of services for children and their families from
prevention to residential treatment, with emphasis whenever possible on
prevention, early intervention and community-based alternatives;
5. To secure the rights of and ensure fairness to the children, parents, guardian,
custodians or other parties who come before the Tribal Court under the
provisions of this code;
6. To ensure that off-reservation courts will be willing to return Band children to
the Reservation by establishing this code;
7. To recognize and acknowledge the tribal customs and traditions of the Leech
Lake Band with regard to child rearing.