a)
The Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi is dedicated to re-establishing
a tribal land base to serve as a permanent homeland for the Band and
its members. To that end, all lands which may now or hereafter be
acquired by the Band by purchase, gift, devise or otherwise, and whether
lands are owned in fee by the Band, or held in trust for the Band
or any of its members by the United States or State of Michigan, shall
be held as tribal lands. No part of such lands shall be sold, transferred,
mortgaged or encumbered in violation of the limitations provided in
this Article.
a)
The Tribal Council shall develop a Long Term Land Acquisition and
Development Plan and shall adopt such statutes and procedures as may
be necessary to guide the acquisition and use of tribal lands, as
well as decisions relating to the sale, transfer, assignment, lease
and mortgage of tribal lands, provided such statutes and procedures
are consistent with Section 1 of this Article,
a)
Nothing in this Article shall be construed as restricting in any
way the Tribal Council's authority to convey legal title to any
Tribal lands to the United States to be held in trust for the Band.
a)
The Tribal Council shall not sell or transfer title of the following
categories of land:
1.
Lands held in trust for the Tribe by the United States;
2.
Any lands, the title to which is owned by the Nottawaseppi Huron
Band of the Potawatomi, as of January 1, 2011;
3.
Lands adjacent to the Pine Creek Reservation; and
4.
Lands which are primarily acquired and used for the purpose of preserving
cultural or historic resources, including cemeteries.
a)
Every member of the Band who has an assignment of land on the Pine
Creek Reservation at the time of the adoption of this Constitution
shall have the right to hold the assignment as long as he/she lives,
provided that if any assignee fails to use his assignment for a period
of one (1) year, the Council shall cancel his/her assignment and reassign
the land to another needy enrolled member unless good cause is shown
why an extension of time should be granted.
