4.05.090 Enrollment procedure and blood degree corrections.
(a) Application Forms. Application for enrollment or blood degree correction shall be requested by submission of a complete application on forms approved by the Council. Forms may be obtained from the Enrollment Committee or the Tribal offices upon written or oral request. Each complete application shall contain a statement that the applicant has supplied all relevant data that is intended to be submitted to the Tribe on the issue of enrollment, and a certification sworn to under penalty of perjury that the information contained on the application form and accompanying documents are true and correct to the best of the knowledge and belief of the applicant.
(b) Filing of Application Forms. Application forms and supporting documents shall be filed with the Committee at the Tribal Office in person or by mail. Appropriate Tribal staff shall stamp all application forms with the date on which such forms were filed. A copy shall be made and returned to the applicant. The applicant shall notify the Enrollment Committee in writing of any change in address.
(c) Review of Application by Enrollment Committee. The Committee shall review a completed application as soon as is reasonably possible. After any relevant notice periods have expired, and upon review of an application, the Committee shall do the following:
(1) Recommend approval or denial of the application to the Council, in writing, stating the reasons for approving or denying the application; or
(2) Request more information or evidence in support of the application; or
(3) Set the matter for a hearing.
(d) Council Action. Following receipt of an application and the recommendation of the Committee, the Council shall approve or deny the application, request more information of the Committee, or remand an application to the Committee for a hearing. In general, enrollment matters shall be taken up as needed.
(1) The factual basis for the Committee’s recommendation shall not be reopened by a participant before the Council without a showing, as described in YTC 4.05.110, that the participant has available for immediate presentation certain evidence which could not with reasonable diligence have been presented to the Committee, or that this chapter has been violated.
(2) Within 30 days of making a decision, the Council shall notify the applicant and any participant by personal service or registered mail of its decision.
(3) The Council’s decision to approve or deny an application shall be final, subject to YTC 4.05.100.
(e) Effective Date of Council Action. Upon enactment by the Council of a resolution approving enrollment, a new member shall be entitled to exercise Tribal rights on the effective date of the resolution. [Ord. 1 § 9, adopted, 7/20/1994.]