WHEREAS:
A. Chief and Council of the Tataskweyak Cree Nation
have an obligation to ensure that the remote location
of its Reserves are managed in a way that maximizes the protection of its Members
and residents, particularly children and other vulnerable community
members;
B. Chief and Council of the Tataskweyak Cree Nation, in accordance
with tradition, recognize the importance of the collective rights of
the community and the priority of those collective rights over
certain rights of the individual;
C. Chief and Council of the Tataskweyak Cree Nation desire to make a
Bylaw governing the observance of law and order of Members and
other persons on the Reserve, the prevention of disorderly conduct
and nuisances, and the residence of Members and other persons on
the Reserve and for the imposition of a penalty for a violation thereof;
D. Chief and Council of the Tataskweyak Cree Nation wishes to ensure
that its Members and other residents can live on Tataskweyak Cree
Nation Reserves in relative safety;
E. The practice of banishment has been
part of Tataskweyak Cree Nation traditional aboriginal customary law as a remedy for dealing
with individuals who posed a threat to Members or the community;
F. The Members of the Tataskweyak Cree Nation have been consulted
and support a bylaw which would allow Council to restrain from residing
or entering onto Tataskweyak Cree Nation Reserves
persons, including Members, who pose a threat to the community,
their children or other vulnerable community members;
G.
Sections 81(a), (c), (d), (p),)(p.l), (q) and (r) of the Indian Act
empower the Chief and Council to pass bylaws to provide for the
health of residents on the reserve, the observance of law and order,
the prevention of disorderly conduct and
nuisances, the removal
and punishment of persons trespassing on reserve or frequenting
