Article I. General Provisions
8.05.010 Purpose.
The purpose of this Code is to protect the health and welfare of the Karuk Tribe by protecting those harmed by domestic violence, violence, threats of violence, and harassment. In enacting this Code, the Karuk Tribe recognizes that domestic violence, violence, harassment, stalking, or bullying harms our community as a whole and is not consistent with traditional Karuk values. This Code shall be liberally construed and interpreted to fulfill the following purposes whenever possible:
(A) To protect all community members from violence, threats of violence, domestic violence, threats of domestic violence, harassment, stalking or bullying;
(B) To protect family members from domestic violence;
(C) To set standards of behavior within the family and the community that are consistent with traditional Karuk values;
(D) To provide for restitution and other relief necessary to restore the harmed individual(s) back to wholeness; and
(E) To provide the rehabilitative services to bring a person back into harmony with traditional Karuk values when that person has committed acts of violence, threats of violence, domestic violence, threats of domestic violence, harassment, stalking or bullying. [Res. 20-R-091 Art. I(A), 7/2/2020.]