Tribe: Sitka Tribe of Alaska
CHAPTER VII TRADITIONAL TLINGIT LAW
Section 7.01 General Provisions
a) Tribal Court Judges may use traditional Tlingit law to the benefit of children’s cases under this code.
b) Tribal Court Judges may apply Traditional Tlingit law in a case by referring to written or oral accounts of Traditional Tlingit life, interview of Elders or Cultural Bearers, call upon the Haa Dachxanx’i Yan Jeeis (For Our Grandchildren) Committee, or the Tribe’s Cultural Resources Committee.
c) Wisdom, stories, and information gathered from traditional sources may provide persuasive recommendations, but only the Presiding Judge shall have the authority and responsibility to make and enter a Final Order or Judgment.