[Adopted 1-22-1998 by Ord. No. 97-25]
The Tribal Legislature shall not permit exploration
or shall not develop on a commercial or industrial basis any sulfide
metallic mining without the consent of a vast majority of the total
number of eligible voters of the Tribe. "Vast majority" for purposes
of this article means 2/3 of the total Menominee eligible voter membership.
Until such time the Menominee Tribal Legislature
by unanimous vote of 9/9 of the entire Legislature initiates a referendum
or receives a petition of 51% of the eligible voter membership and
the Legislature shall cause to be held a referendum, there shall be
a moratorium, no granting of exploration or mining of sulfide metallic
ore bodies within the exterior boundaries of the Menominee Nation.