CSV.2.1.060 Interpretation

The provisions of this ordinance:

(a) Shall be interpreted and applied as minimum requirements applicable to the exercise of off-reservation treaty rights subject to this ordinance;

(b) Shall be liberally construed in favor of the Tribe;

(c) Shall be construed consistent with the purposes and provisions of:

(1) the Natural Resource Management Plans for the Northern Wisconsin Ceded Territories;

(2) the Chippewa Intertribal Agreement Governing Resource Management and Regulation of Off-Reservation Treaty Rights in the Ceded Territory; and

(3) the court decisions, orders and stipulations entered in the court case Lac Courte Oreilles Band, et. al, v. State of Wisconsin, et. al, Case No. 74-C-313 (United States District Court, Western District of Wisconsin); and

(d) Shall not be deemed a limitation or repeal of any other tribal power or authority.