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Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal Code of Law.

CSV.1.10.210 Sale of Migratory Birds Parts Regulated

(a) Pursuant to Section CSV.1.3.260 of this ordinance, no member or duly authorized non-member shall sell meat from any migratory bird harvested pursuant to this ordinance except for subsistence uses as defined in Section CSV.1.2.010(sss) of this ordinance.

(b) A member or duly authorized non-member may use the feathers of migratory birds (except eagles) lawfully harvested or collected under this ordinance for subsistence uses, including the making and selling of handicraft articles as defined Section CSV.1.2.010(sss)(2) of this ordinance subject to the following:

(1) No member or duly authorized non-member shall transfer the feathers of migratory birds lawfully harvested or gathered under this ordinance for subsistence uses, unless a copy of the permit authorizing possession of the migratory bird, feathers or parts thereof is transferred with the migratory bird with the following signed statement written on the permit:

(A) The following migratory bird (description of migratory bird species and whether bird, feathers, or parts) was transferred to (name of recipient) for subsistence uses on (date).

(c) Nothing in this ordinance shall be construed to prohibit a member or duly authorized non-member from selling the feathers of migratory waterfowl (ducks, geese, brant and swans) lawfully harvested pursuant to this ordinance for the making of fishing flies, bed pillows, and mattresses, and for similar commercial uses except that:

(1) No member or duly authorized non-member shall purchase or sell, or offer to purchase or sell, for millinery or ornamental use the feathers of migratory birds taken within the exterior boundaries of the Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation and off-reservation lands under the jurisdiction and purview of the Lac Courte Oreilles Tribe (except as provided in Section CSV.1.10.210(b)); and

(2) No member or duly authorized non-member shall purchase or sell, or offer to purchase or sell, mounted specimens of migratory birds taken within the exterior boundaries of the Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation and off-reservation lands under the jurisdiction and purview of the Lac Courte Oreilles Tribe.