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1 Articles of Association of the Sycuan Band of Mission Indians 1 (1972)

handle is hein.amindian/aasbmis0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATICN OF THE SYCUAN BAND CF itSSICNI INDINS 9E, the members of the Sycuan Dand of Mission indians, San Diego County, California, hereinafter referred to as the Band, do hereby adopt these Articles of Association to establish rules of procedure to govern our tribal authority and jurisdiction. 1. Territory: The jurisdiction of the Band shall extend to the land no-v and hereafter, comprised within the Sycuan Reservation. 2. 'Hembership: The Yembership of the Band shall consist of those persons -ho file applications for membership and are found qualified under one of the folloiing categories: (1) Persons whose names appear on the January 1, 1940 Sycuan Census, except that w2here ::FE' appears on Column I opposite the naraa of an individual, such person shall not be eligible for membership. (2) Persons of 1/Q or uore degree of total Indian blood ihose ancestors are eligible for membership under paragraph (1) regardless of whether the ancestors are living or deceased. (3) Persons who have been adopted by the Band and such adoption has been approved by the Secretary of the Interior or his duly authorized representative. A. If a person who is eligible for membership haa been allotted on another reservation or is officially enrolled or is a recognized member of some other tribe or band, such person or his descendants shall not be enrolled. A recognized member of some other tribe or band is a person who, because of his affiliation with the other tribe or band, has participated in elections or general activities, has received benefits or has shared in the assets of the tribe or band. An allotment or interest in an allotment acquired through inheritance shall not be a bar to enrollment iprth the Band.- B. The official membership roll shall be prepared in accordance with an ordinance adopted by the members of the'Band and approved by the Secretary of the Interior or his duly authorized representative. Such ordinance shall contain provisions for enrollment procedures, enrollment committee, applica- tion foras, approved or disapproval of application, rejection notice, appeals and provisions for keeping the roll on a current basis. 3. Governing Body: The governing body of the Band shall be the General Council which shall consist of all adult members eighteen (!a) years of age or older. In addition there shall be elected from the General Council a Business Conznittee consisting of Spokesiaan. S retary a tad three (3) cornittee riembrrs The Business Covnittee shall have the administrative powers and duties hereinafter described. he:bers of the Business Coa-nittee shall serve a term of two (2) years or until their successors are duly elected and installed,

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