4-2-8. LAW APPLICABLE TO ACTIONS IN TRIBAL COURT.

The Tribal Court shall apply the applicable laws of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe and the United States in actions before it.  Any matter not covered by applicable tribal or federal laws shall be decided according to the customs and usage of the Tribe.  Where doubt arises as to customs and usages of the Tribe, the Court may request the advice of persons generally recognized in the community as being familiar with such customs and usages.  In any matter in which the rule of law is not supplied by any of the above, the Tribal Court may look to the law of any tribe or state which is consistent with the policies underlying tribal law, custom and usages.