CSV.2.1.030 Purpose

It is the purpose of this ordinance to:

(a) Provide an orderly system for tribal control and regulation of hunting, fishing and gathering on the off-reservation lands ceded by the Tribe in the Treaty of 1837, 7 Stat. 536, and the Treaty of 1842, 7 Stat. 591; and

(b) Provide a means to promote public health and safety and the conservation and management of fish, wildlife and plant populations in the ceded territory through the regulation of member harvesting activities occurring there consistent with the Natural Resource Management Plans for the Northern Wisconsin Ceded Territories and the Chippewa Intertribal Agreement Governing Resource Management and Regulation of Off-Reservation Treaty Rights in the Ceded Territory, as may be amended from time to time, both of which have been ratified by the Tribe and both of which are hereby incorporated by reference as if fully set forth herein.