The College of the Menominee Nation is hereby
chartered by the people of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin
and shall continue to be a college under the name and style of the
"College of the Menominee Nation," at the will of the people of the
Menominee Tribe.
The College of the Menominee Nation is founded
upon the highest educational ideals of the Menominee people. The College
shall be obligated to provide quality higher education to the Menominee
people such that each student enrolled at the College may pursue his
or her individual goals and may advance the interests of the Menominee
Nation on its Reservation and in the surrounding community. In fulfilling
this obligation, the College shall always act to preserve and protect
the history, traditions, values and aspirations of the Menominee people.
A.
In pursuit of this purpose, the College shall be dedicated
to maintaining high academic standards in order to provide the Menominee
people with the best higher education possible.
B.
The College shall be dedicated to research and development
activities that will lead to the development of educational strategies
that enhance each student's learning capacity. In this effort, the
College shall strive to preserve the Menominee way of learning, which
is learning by doing. The College shall be further dedicated to developing
educational concepts which will be embodied in tasks that have the
potential to provide significant benefit to the student, the student's
family, the Menominee Nation, American Indian people or the world
at large. These strategies should enhance students' success and provide
the resources which will allow students to reach their full academic
potential.
C.
In fulfilling the College's purpose, the College shall
negotiate, execute and implement appropriate agreements with other
colleges and universities chartered by the State of Wisconsin, if
such agreement will benefit the College and the needs of the Menominee
students enrolled at the College. In addition, the College may negotiate,
execute and implement agreements with any public or private entity
in aid of the purposes for which the College is chartered.
D.
The College shall also make recommendations for legislation
and other actions by the Menominee Tribal Legislature, which actions
would assist in such physical and economic development of the College
and academic well-being of the students, and shall from time to time
give the Legislature such information and recommend such measure(s)
as may be deemed advantageous to the College and its students.
The Menominee Tribal Legislature shall assist
the College in fulfilling its obligations to the Menominee people
by promptly deliberating and considering requests for assistance received
from the College as a priority item on its agenda.
A.
The Legislature shall create policy for the Nation
that encourages the Nation's employees to continue their education
by enrolling in appropriate classes at the College. In order to encourage
employees to further their education, the Legislature shall consider
adopting a policy that links merit pay increases to educational level.
B.
The Legislature shall negotiate with the College a
plan to develop and implement appropriate training and technical assistance
programs for officials and employees of the Menominee Nation commencing
in January 1997 and continuing each year thereafter.
The College of the Menominee Nation shall have
power, including but not limited to:
A.
Subject to the provisions in Article V, the College may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in the Court of the Menominee Nation.
B.
Make and use a common seal and alter it at pleasure.
C.
Take and hold lease and convey all real, personal
and mixed property as the purposes of the College may require.
D.
Contract and be contracted with.
E.
Designate an agent of the College to accept service
of process.
F.
Exercise all the general powers possessed by any corporation
as set out in the Constitution and Bylaws of the Menominee Indian
Tribe of Wisconsin at Article XIII, Section 1.
The initial assets, and all subsequent assets
acquired by the College from whatever source, shall be the assets
of the College.
The principal office of the College shall be
located on the Menominee Indian Reservation in Keshena, Wisconsin.
The College may have such other offices as the Board of Directors
may designate.
The Board of Directors shall call an annual
business meeting for the enrolled members for the purposes of receiving
reports on the operation of the College for the past year, for the
appointment of a Director by the Menominee Tribal Legislature and
of transacting such other business as may come before the meeting.
In the event of failure, through oversight or otherwise, to hold the
annual business meeting on the required date, a subsequent meeting,
upon due notice, shall be held in lieu of the regularly-scheduled
meeting. Any action taken at such subsequent meeting shall be as valid
as if it had been taken at the regularly scheduled annual business
meeting.
