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The Tribal Court is the court of primary jurisdiction for all violations occurring under this title. Violations of this title by Yurok Tribal members and non-Tribal members within the territorial jurisdiction of the Yurok Tribe are prosecutable in the Yurok Tribal Court or in other courts of competent jurisdiction. Pursuant to the Hoopa-Yurok Settlement Act, all rights and claims by nonmember Indians to participate in the Klamath River Indian fishery within the Yurok Reservation, or to federally reserved fishing rights within the Yurok Reservation, have been extinguished. No such right or claim shall be established, recognized, or upheld by the Yurok Tribal Court or other court of competent jurisdiction or any other dispute resolution mechanism. [Ord. 44 § 1901, adopted, 7/23/2015.]