The Tribal Council of the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi
shall be vested with the sovereign powers of the Band, subject to
any express restrictions upon such powers in this Constitution. Such
powers shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
a)
To adopt statutes, which are consistent with this Constitution, which
shall be necessary and proper to carry out the sovereign powers of
the Band and to promote and protect the health, safety, education,
and general welfare of the Band and its members;
b)
To purchase, lease, take by gift, devise or bequest, or otherwise
acquire land, interests in land, personal property, or other assets
which the Tribal Council may deem beneficial to the Band;
d)
To approve and/or employ legal counsel for the protection and advancement
of the rights of the Band;
e)
To confer, negotiate, advise, consult, and enter into contracts,
compacts or agreements with federal, state and local governments and
their agencies, other tribal governments and their agencies, and individuals,
corporations, and other entities on behalf of the Band;
f)
To protect and preserve property, to regulate the acquisition, disposition
and use of the property for tribal purposes;
g)
To protect the interest of minors, the incompetent and the elderly
members of the Band;
h)
To manage all economic affairs and enterprises of the Band;
i)
To administer any funds within the control of the Band and to appropriate
for tribal use any available tribal funds;
j)
To promulgate and enforce statutes, which would provide for taxes,
assessments or license fees upon members and non-members doing business
within the tribal trust or reserved lands;
k)
To regulate the conduct of all persons who enter, reside on, and/or
conduct business on the Band's lands and exclude persons not
qualified to enter upon or reside within the tribal trust lands under
statutes promulgated by the Tribal Council;
l)
To promulgate and enforce statutes intended to safeguard and promote
the peace, safety, and general welfare of the Band, by regulating
the conduct of trade and the use and disposition of property upon
tribal lands;
m)
To promulgate and enforce statutes for economic purposes, to authorize
or issue charters of incorporation for economic purposes, and to regulate
the activities of such organizations;
n)
To regulate the domestic relations of members of the Band and other
persons residing within Indian Country;
o)
To regulate the inheritance of real and personal property, within
the jurisdiction of the Band;
p)
To establish regulatory commissions, boards, or other special purpose
divisions or cooperative associations and delegate to such commissions,
boards, divisions or cooperative associations any of the foregoing
powers, subject to the ability to reserve the right to review any
action taken by virtue of such delegated power;
q)
To adopt resolutions or statutes to put into effect any of the foregoing
powers or those powers set forth in this Constitution.
a)
Any rights and powers vested in the Band as an attribute of the Band's
inherent sovereignty or reserved in any treaty to which the Band's
political predecessors are party to, which are not expressly referred
to in this Constitution, shall not be diminished, abridged, or divested
by this Constitution.
b)
The Tribal Council may exercise such additional powers as may be
conferred upon the Band in the future by law, by the Secretary of
the Interior, or by any other duly authorized official or agency of
the federal government, state or local government or by another Indian
tribe.
a)
The Council may appoint standing and regular committees needed to
help achieve the purposes and goals of the Band. Members of all committees
shall serve at the pleasure of the Council and may be removed without
cause. At the Tribal Council's discretion, committees may include
a member of the Tribal Council. The purpose of the committees shall
be to make recommendations to the Tribal Council on matters concerning
the committee.
