14.10.040 Scope and jurisdiction.
(a) Any person(s) who enters onto the Yurok Reservation shall be subject to this chapter and shall be deemed to have consented to the jurisdiction of the Tribe and to be bound by the lawful ordinances of the Tribe.
(b) The applicability of this chapter shall extend to all person(s) who engage in the activities described in YTC 14.10.050, or who violate YTC 14.10.060 or any other section of this chapter as applicable, which are governed by this chapter.
(c) This chapter does not attempt to regulate traditional and/or ceremonial activities, including:
(1) Conducting ceremonies and the maintenance of access to traditional ceremonial sites by known Yurok ceremonial practitioners;
(2) Visitation, interment, brushing, and maintenance of cemeteries by persons affiliated with a particular cemetery, or their designee(s);
(3) Restoration, rehabilitation, and construction of traditional buildings by Yurok cultural practitioners and their designees;
(4) Reburial or reinterment of cultural resources inadvertently discovered, per Yurok traditional methods, except when resources are exposed through ground-disturbing activities; and
(5) Traditional gathering activities by Yurok cultural practitioners. [Ord. 22 § 5, amended, 9/9/2009.]