Tribal Law - Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin; National Indian Law Library, Native American Rights Fund

Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin - Tribal Law

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Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Chippewa Indians Tribal Code.

1.26.010 Applicability

(a) This chapter applies to marriages performed on the Reservation, in which one or both parties to the marriage is a member of the Tribe.

(b) The procedures set forth herein shall be exclusive as to any marriage performed on the reservation in which both parties are members of the Tribe.

(c) The procedures set forth herein shall be concurrent with the procedures established by the laws of the State of Wisconsin as to any marriage performed on the reservation in which one party is not a member of the Tribe. The application for a license under this chapter constitutes the non-member's consent to the Tribe's jurisdiction to grant such a license.