As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
BIG GAME
Whitetail deer, bobcat, wild turkey, and coyote.
BOW
A weapon constructed from wood, plastic, metal, or other material with a cord connecting the two ends when bent or strung, and by means of which an arrow is propelled when drawn and released by hand.
CASED or ENCASED
Storage of a firearm or bow in any device or case made to contain a firearm or bow so that no portion is exposed.
CROSSBOW
A device using a bow that, once drawn, is held solely by means other than the effort of the person firing it.
ENDANGERED SPECIES
Any species of wildlife or plant designated as rare, threatened, or endangered by the Environmental Department or the United States Department of the Interior pursuant to 50 CFR Part 17.
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
Any tribal law enforcement officer authorized by tribal law to enforce tribal conservation regulations, or federal enforcement agents, including special agents of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, or other persons deputized by the Director of the Tribal Police Department to enforce these regulations, which may include Mutual Aid Agreements.
ENVIRONMENTAL DEPARTMENT
The Environmental Department of the Tribe, or its successor.
FEE LANDS
Tribal lands in which the legal title is held by the Tribe and which have not been transferred to the United States to hold legal title in trust for the Tribe.
FIREARM
A weapon from which dangerous projectiles may be propelled by use of explosives, gas, or air as a means of propulsion.
FURBEARER
Fur-bearing animals, including coyote, red fox, gray fox, bobcat, beaver, otter, muskrat, mink, weasel, skunk, raccoon, badger, and opossum.
HUNTER
Any person(s) authorized to hunt on tribal lands that has lawfully obtained a permit by the Tribal Police Department.
HUNTER SAFETY EDUCATION
A source of reliable knowledge and information on safe hunting practices including, but not limited to, laws and regulations, wildlife management, wildlife identification, ethics, and firearms safety and handling.
ILLEGAL DRUGS
A substance defined as unlawful by state and/or federal law or a prescribed drug used outside of the prescribed manner, or an over-the-counter drug used outside the prescribed manner.
MIGRATORY BIRDS
Those birds included in the terms of the convention between the United States and any other country for the protection of migratory birds and for which open seasons are prescribed in these regulations, including ducks, geese, swans, and pigeons; also known as waterfowl.
PHYSICIAN
A person duly licensed by any state in the United States to practice medicine or osteopathic medicine and surgery.
RESERVATION or TRUST LANDS
Those lands the legal title to which is held in trust for the Tribe by the United States.
SAFETY ZONE
Any area within 150 yards (450 feet) of any occupied commercial structure, public structure, dwelling house, residence cabin, camp, cottage, barn, or other building used in connection therewith.
SMALL GAME
Badger, beaver, mink, muskrat, otter, raccoon, ruffed grouse (partridge), ring-neck pheasant, cottontail rabbit, snowshoe hare, gray squirrel, black squirrel, fox squirrel, red squirrel, skunk, weasel, opossum, duck, geese, quail, woodchuck, red fox, gray fox, and crow.
SPOUSES
The legally married spouse of an enrolled citizen of the Tribe.
THREATENED SPECIES
A species at risk of becoming endangered as determined by official action of the Environmental Department or by the United States Department of the Interior.
TRANSPORT or TRANSPORTATION
Carrying or moving by any vehicle or vessel, causing to be carried or moved or attempting to do so, or accepting or receiving wild animals, plants, or fish or any parts thereof.
TRIBAL COURT
The Tribal Judiciary established under Article XI of the Constitution of the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi, or any successor provision.
TRIBAL HUNTING PERMIT
A permit issued under § 6.1-10 of this chapter, which authorizes a person or persons to engage in hunting or trapping activities on tribal lands.
TRIBAL LANDS
Tribal lands mean land held in trust or fee lands of the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi.
TRIBAL MEMBER
A person enrolled in the Tribe pursuant to the Constitution and laws of the Tribe governing citizenship and enrollment.
TRIBE
The Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi.
WILD ANIMALS
All creatures, not human, wild by nature, endowed with sensation, and power of voluntary motion, which includes quadrupeds, mammals, birds, fish, amphibians, reptiles, crustaceans, insects, and mollusks.