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1 Constitution of the Pit River Tribe 1 (1987)

handle is hein.amindian/cpitrt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: United States Department of the Interior OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY WASHINGTON, D.C. 20240 DEC - 3 7 Mr. Maurice W. Babby Area Director, Sacramento Area Office Bureau of Indian Affairs 2800 Cottage Way Sacramento, CA 95825-1884 Dear Mr. Babby: We have received the results of the Secretarial election held August 15, 1987, on the constitution of the Pit River Tribe. The election was called in accordance with an order issued on March 19, 1987, by the Assistant Secretary - Indian Affairs, which permitted the qualified voters of the Pit River Tribe to vote on the adoption or rejection of the constitution. Following the election, however, a challenge to the election was filed by Mr. Erin Forrest. Mr. Forrest's challenge, which was denied in part by the Acting Assistant Secretary on November 12, 1987, addressed not only issues appropriate to a challenge to the results of the election but also broader issues which were deemed by the Acting Assistant Secretary to be more appropriately addressed in the context of any subsequent approval of the Pit River Constitution and the designation of the beneficiary of the XL Ranch by the Secretary. I concur in his assessment and decision to segregate the broader issues for separate consideration. These broader issues which were raised by Mr. Forrest and segregated from the November 12 decision are now ripe for decision as the first part of this decision on whether to approve the constitution and, if approved, whether to designate the reorganized Pit River Tribe as the beneficiary of the XL Ranch. Mr. Forrest was concerned that the proposed constitution was prepared by the so-called Pit River Tribal Council and the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and that the Council represented only one element of the Pit River Tribe. The constitution was prepared by the Constitutional Drafting Committee. That nine-member committee was formed for the sole purpose of drafting a proposed

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