Whereas the Wyandotte Tribe of Oklahoma constitutes a recognized Tribe of Indians residing in Oklahoma, organized under a constitution and by-laws approved by the Secretary of the Interior on July 17, 1937, and ratified by the Indians of the said Tribe on July 24, 1937 pursuant to section 3 of the Oklahoma Indian Welfare Act of June 26, 1936 (49 Stat. 1967); and

Whereas, the said Tribe, by resolution of the Wyandotte Business Committee duly authorized, has requested that a charter of incorporation be issued to the said Tribe, subject to ratification by a vote of the members of the Tribe;

Now, therefore, I, Oscar L. Chapman, Assistant Secretary of the Interior, by virtue of the authority conferred upon me by the said act of June 26, 1936, do hereby issue this charter of incorporation to the Wyandotte Tribe of Oklahoma, to be effective from and after such time as it may be ratified by a majority vote of the adult members of the Wyandotte Tribe voting: Provided, however, That such election shall be void unless the total vote cast be at least 30 per centum of those entitled to vote.

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WHEREAS, the Wyandotte Nation is a federally recognized Tribe, possessing inherent sovereign powers of Government; and

WHEREAS, those sovereign powers are exercised by a duly elected Board of Directors, deriving its governing powers from the Tribal Constitution and the Nation’s Council; and

WHEREAS, it is an authority and right of a Tribe to establish its own enrollment criteria and procedures; and

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors is desirous of establishing a Tribal Enrollment Ordinance, setting forth the criteria, policy and procedures for enrollment in the Wyandotte Nation.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Directors of the Wyandotte Nation hereby adopts this Enrollment Ordinance.

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WHEREAS, The Wyandotte Nation is a federally recognized tribe of American Indians organized consistent with the Oklahoma Indian Welfare Act (Act of June 26, 1936, 49 State. 1967); and

WHEREAS, The Wyandotte Nation has an organized self government, sovereign powers inherent in tribal traditions and recognized by treaties with the United States and in the United States Constitution; and

WHEREAS, The Wyandotte Nation provides that the Board of Directors is empowered to enact legislation, transact business, and otherwise speak on behalf of the Wyandotte Nation of Oklahoma in all matters on which the Tribe is empowered to act now or in the future; and

WHEREAS, It is the policy of the Wyandotte Nation to recognize that employees, officials, appointees and agents are in positions of trust on behalf of the Nation and must endeavor to exercise the highest qualities of conduct and integrity and confidence on behalf of the Nation and its citizenry.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Directors of the Wyandotte Nation hereby enacts the Wyandotte Nation Code of Ethics.

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