Resolution No. 036-14 — Land

WHEREAS, The Stockbridge-Munsee Community is a federally recognized Indian tribe with inherent sovereign powers, and is governed by the Stockbridge-Munsee Tribal Council pursuant to the 1937 Constitution, as amended; and

WHEREAS, The Stockbridge-Munsee Community has the authority under its Constitution and its inherent rights as a sovereign nation to adopt and amend Ordinances; and

WHEREAS, The Stockbridge-Munsee Tribal Council and Land Committee wish to make substantially revisions to the existing Chapter 40, Land Ordinance; and

WHEREAS, The proposed revisions to Chapter 40 include: ending the granting of new recreational assignments; updating the bases for granting assignments to conform with tribal practices; adding provisions establishing processes revocation, reversion and abandonment of land assignments; and clarifying how land assignments transfer after the death of a grantee, including when the beneficiary is a minor child; and

WHEREAS, As these changes involve reorganizing the ordinance, as well as adding new sections, re-numbering, and revising existing changes, these revisions have resulted in whole-scale changes to Chapter 40.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Stockbridge-Munsee Tribal Council hereby repeals the existing Chapter 40 and adopts the revised version as a new Chapter 40, the Land Ordinance.