ELE.1.1.020 Authority

This ordinance is enacted pursuant to the inherent sovereign authority of the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians to determine its Tribal leadership which predates its Treaties of 1825, 1826, 1837, 1842, 1847 and 1854 with the United States Government. In the implementation of this inherent sovereign authority, Article IV, § 3 of the Amended Constitution and By-laws of the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians empowers the Tribal Governing Board to "prescribe rules and regulations conducting all subsequent elections," which includes the authority to require a Primary Election. The Amended Constitution and By-laws also requires that elections for the Governing Board occur every two (2) years. Article IV, § 4.