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RESOLUTION NO. 31-68
WIERZAS, the viinnesote Chippewa Tribe is organized under Section 16
of the Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 984); and
WHORAS, the former tribal membership ordinance, approved July 3,
1961, and srticle II of the Revised Constitution and Bylaws of the
iidnnesota Chippewa Tribe, approved March 3, 1964, provide time
limitations within which membership applications may be made; and
"HDRES, both the ordinance (Paragraph e) and the Constituion provide
for the adoption of persons, otherwise eligible, but who "because of an
error" have not been enrolled as members of the Tribe; and
WHERZAS, there has been an understandably high frequency of the
following reasons cited for failure to file a timely application
for membership in the Tribe: (1) An erroneous belief that a child
has been enrolled by a census taker, or by Bureau of Indian Affairs
or by tribal personnel who were actually making surveys for various
other purposes, e.g., welfare, housing, etc.; (2) n erroneous
belief that a child torn in an Indian Hospital was automatically
enrolled; and
WHinaaS, the Tribe has consistently interpreted the "because of
an error" clause to mean an error which led to a failure to file
a timely application as well as error in a timely filed application
and error by tribal employees and the Tribal Executive Committee;
and
VHGRSAS, the membership of the Tribe may be deemed to have
acquiesced in the interpretation given to the ordinence and
constitution in that there has been no demand for a referendum
either for action taken under the ordinance or the constitutional
provision, and
WHERSaS, it now appears advisable thet the Tribal Zxecutive Committee
now declare and confirm its interpretation of and practice under
both the membership ordinance, approved July 3, 1961, and Article
II, Section 3, of the Revised Constitution and Bylaws of the *innesota
Chippewa Tribe.
NOW, THSREFPORS, Be IT RESOLV=D, that the words "because of an
error" as employed in paragraph (e) of the tribal membership .
ordinance, approved July 3, 1961, and in «erticle II, Section 3,
of the Revised Constitution and Bylaws of the i.innesota Chippewa
Trite, aporoved ‘iarch 3, 1964, have been and hereby are construed
to mean an error which led to a failure to fille a timely application
for memtership as well as errors in applications and errors by
tribal employees and the Tribal Executive Committee.


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Bi IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that in all future adoption action the error which
led to rojection or to failure to file an application shall be noted for
each adoptees in the resolution granting membership in the Tribe.
We do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was duly adopted by a
vote of 10 for and O against, at a Spocial Tribal sxecutive Comittee
Mocting regarding enrolimont, a quorum being present, held on January
lith, 1968, at Bemidji, Minnesota.
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- Poter Dufault, Prusidént
The iiinnesota Chippewa Tribe
Poarl Fabre - Secretary
The iiinnosota Chippowa Tribe