CTZ.2.2.010 General Definitions

The following terms, wherever used in this ordinance, shall be construed to apply as follows:

(a) "Birth Certificate" means a vital record that documents the birth of a child. The term "birth certificate" can refer to either the original document certifying the circumstances of the birth or to a certified copy of or representation of the ensuing registration of that birth.

(b) "Bureau of Indian Affairs Record" means an official record of the Bureau of Indian Affairs maintained in the holdings of the Agency Office, Regional Office, Central Office or the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.

(c) "Certified Documentary Evidence" means evidence that is an original or complete reproduction (photocopy) of a document, judgment, or record that is signed and attested to as an accurate and complete reproduction of the original document by a public official in whose custody the original has been placed for safekeeping. These include documents executed under seal including certified copies of public records and ancient documents.

(d) "Citizen" means a member of the Lac Courte Oreilles Lake Superior Band of Chippewa Indians.

(e) "Citizen Services Department" or "Department" means the citizen services department of the Tribe.

(f) "Citizenship" identifies membership within the Lac Courte Oreilles Lake Superior Band of Chippewa Indians.

(g) "Citizenship Committee" or "Committee" means the seven member Committee appointed by the Tribal Governing Board pursuant to 4 LCOTCL Subchapter CTZ.1.3 with the powers and authority as conferred upon it by that ordinance including but not limited to the following: review of applications for Tribal citizenship, acceptance of relinquishment requests, acceptance of requests to rescind relinquishment, and recommending the acceptance or rejection of Citizenship applications or renunciation petitions to the Tribal Governing Board.

(h) "Family Tree" means a diagram showing the relationships between people in several generations of a family; a genealogical tree.

(i) "Genealogical Record" means a record or account of the decent of a person or family from an ancestor or ancestors including but not limited to family tree, genetic analysis (DNA Tests), historical and other records.

(j) "Genetic Analysis" means a genetic test also referred to as a DNA Test, which examines the genetic information contained inside a person's cells called DNA, to determine if that person is the offspring or relative of another.

(k) "Historical Record" means a vital or other record including but not limited to the following: death certificate, marriage certificate, divorce record, adoption record, census record, religious record (baptism and confirmation record), court record, military record, cemetery record or newspaper article.

(l) "Immediate Family Member" means the mother, father, brother, sister, daughter, son, grandmother, grandfather, grandchildren, aunt, uncle, and first cousin.

(m) "Meetings" means the meetings of the Citizenship Committee including regular, special, and emergency meetings.

(n) "Obvious Conflict of Interest Situation" means a situation pertaining to a decision involving the citizenship file of an immediate family member of a member of the Committee.

(o) "Renunciation" means an affirmative action pursuant to Subchapter CTZ.1.7 by the Tribe to deprive a citizen (member) of the right to tribal citizenship (membership). "Renunciation of citizenship" means an act or instance of relinquishing, abandoning, or repudiating ones citizenship as a right, title, or interest; also referred to as disenrollment.

(p) "Sworn Affidavit" means a written sworn statement of fact voluntarily made by an affiant or deponent under an oath or affirmation administered by a person authorized to do so by law.

(q) "Tribal Governing Board" means the Tribal Governing Board of the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians.

(r) "Tribe" means the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians.