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This Law and Order Code for the Yankton Sioux Tribe of the Yankton Sioux Indian Reservation is established for the purposes of further reinforcing and strengthening Tribal self-government as provided for in the 1858 "Treaty with the Yankton Sioux", 11 Stat. 743; providing for the judicial needs of the Reservation; and assuring the maintenance of law and order on the Reservation.