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1 Constitution of the Forest County Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin 1 (1982)

handle is hein.amindian/cfcpcw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: CONSTITUTION OF THE FOREST COUNTY POTAWATOMI COMMUNITY WISCONSIN PREAMBLE We, the Wisconsin Potawatomies residing on lands reserved by the United States for Wisconsin Potawatomies in Wisconsin, grateful to Almighty God for his fostering care, in order to continue our tribal organization, to conserve and develop our common resources and to promote the welfare of ourselves and our descendants, do hereby ordain and establish this Constitution for the Forest. County Potawatomi Community. The Constitution and Bylaws approved by the Secretary of the Interior on February 6, 1937, as amended, are hereby superseded by this Constitution which will govern the Forest County Potawatomi Commu- nity from its effective date. ARTICLE I - TERRITORY AND JURISDICTION The. territory and jurisdiction of the Forest County Potawatomi Community shall embrace lands purchased by the United States for the occupancy and use of the Wisconsin Potawatomies residing in Wisconsin, and any additional lands acquired by the Federal Government or the Community under any law of the United States, except as otherwise provided by law. ARTICLE II - MEMBERSHIP Section 1. The membership of the Forest County Potawatomi Community shall consist of: (a) All persons of Indian blood whose names appear on the offical census roll of the Wisconsin Potawatomies as of April 1, 1934, as supplemented to January 1, 1936, who were residing on lands reserved by the United States for the Wisconsin Potawatomies in Wisconsin, on February 6, 1937 and their descendants who were residing on such lands on February 6, 1937. (b) All those persons who have been enrolled as members of the Forest County Potawatomi Community under the February 6, 1937, Constitution of the Community, as amended, since February 6, 1937, and prior to the effective date of this Consti- tution. (c) All persons of one-fourth () degree or more Potawatomi Indian blood born to any member of the Community.

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