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UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
WASHINGTON 25, D. C.
For Signature DEC 8 1949 Dear Mr.
Evape: This will refer to your letter of August 25, enclosing solution
No. 3, to appropriate $6,000 from available trial funds no
deposit at the Consolidated Chippewa Agency for the purpose of compiling
tribal roll, and resolution No. 14, passed by the tribal executive
committee on December 11, 1948, and ratified by the tribal delegates on May 21,
1949 dealing with enrollment. Under Article XIV of
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the tribal constitution, the tribal executive committee may expend funds within its control.
No action, therefore, is required by this Department with regard to
resolution No. 3. Under Section 3 of Article II of the tribal consti-
tion, Resolution No. 11 is subject to my approval.
Resolution No. 11 provides as
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follows: BE IT THEREBY RESOLVED, Indians not now enrolled as members
of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, if able to so prove shall be
enrolled if he or she is a descendant of a member of the Tribe;
Provided that these rules shall not be in effect unless ratified
by the Tribal Delegates in May, 1949, thereafter approved by
the Secretary of Interior.
It appears that the only qualification which an applicant for
enrollment must possess if the foregoing resolution is approved is that
he is a descendant of a member of the tribe. No minimum quantum of
Indian blood is prescribed nor are any residential or affiliation require-
ments included. It is possible, therefore, that this resolution is
intended to accomplish the same purpose that Resolution No. 4, adopted
sase purpose
July 26, 1941, was intended to accomplish. The Assistant Secretary of
the Interior refused to approve Resolution No. 4 for the reasons stated
in his letter of December 23, 1942.
By his letter of June 21, 1945, the Assistant Commissioner
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of Indian Affairs called attention to the fact that another resolution,
No. 31, to govern watership in the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe contained
a provision which the Assistant Secretary had criticized when he refused
to approve the earlier resolution. Because resolution No. 14 for all
the reasons that Resolution No. 4
was disapproved
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on December 23, 1942, to disapprove
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Resolution No. 24. WBBengtss 9/30/49 Copy to Consolidated Chippewa Agency. 11/17/49 Sincerely yours,
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Asst. William E. Warner Asst. Secretary of the Interior W. Lyman Savage, Manager Minnesota Chippewa Tribe Through Supt. Consolidated Chippewa Agency. Carbon for Indian
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