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Stockbridge-Munsee Tribal Code.

Section SAF.06.02 — Definitions

(a) "Banishment" refers to the temporary or permanent expulsion of a member from the Reservation. This ordinance does not authorize the banishment of members.

(b) "Ban" refers to a temporary or permanent expulsion of a person from the premises of tribal buildings and/or facilities. Bans may be issued to prevent access by either a member or a person who is not a member of the Tribe.

(c) "Drug-related criminal activity" refers to the illegal manufacture, sale, distribution, use, or possession with intent to manufacture, sell, distribute, or use, of a controlled substance (as such term is defined in 21 U.S.C. 802) or drug paraphernalia.

(d) "Exclusion" refers to the temporary or permanent expulsion of a person, other than a member, from the Reservation.

(e) "Member" refers an enrolled member of the Stockbridge-Munsee Community.

(f) "Non-member" refers to any person who is not an enrolled member of the Stockbridge-Munsee Community.

(g) "Person" refers to any individual, firm, corporation, public or private entity.

(h) "Public Right-of-Way" refers to any lawful right-of-way within the Reservation that is open to public access as a matter of law.

(i) "Reservation," for purposes of this ordinance, refers to those lands that are proclaimed as the reservation of the Stockbridge-Munsee Community, lands held in trust for the Stockbridge-Munsee Community and lands owned by the Tribe in fee simple.

(j) "Tribal Council" refers to the governing body for the Stockbridge-Munsee Community as established under its Constitution.

(k) "Tribe" refers to the Stockbridge-Munsee Community.

(l) "Violent criminal activity" refers to activity that causes death or serious bodily harm to a person, causes substantial property damage, or involves the use, attempted use or threatened use of physical force likely to result in serious bodily injury or substantial property damage. Crimes such as homicide, battery, sexual assault, kidnapping or arson are considered to be violent criminal activity.