Resolution No. 2025-215 — Re-Establishing Chapter MCC.1 Tribal Government Code of Conduct
WHEREAS, the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians is a federally recognized Indian tribe ("Tribe") organized pursuant to the provisions of the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934, 25 U.S.C. §5101, et seq.; and
WHEREAS, the Tribal Governing Board serves as the governing body of Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians pursuant to Article III, § 1 of the Amended Constitution and Bylaws of the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Article III, § 6 of the Amended Constitution and Bylaws of the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, the Tribal Governing Board is empowered to: "determine its own procedures"; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Article V, Section 1(n) of the Amended Constitution and Bylaws of the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, empowers the Tribal Governing Board to: "regulate, by enactment of ordinances, the conduct of business within the territory of the band";
WHEREAS, the Tribal Governing Board determines that it is in the best interests of the Tribe to adopt and implement a Code of Conduct governing internal protocols relevant to service on the Tribal Governing Board.
WHEREAS, the Tribal Governing Board has determined that it is in the best interest of the Tribe to re-establish the Tribal Government Code of Conduct after its previous suspension (August 21, 2023) and repeal (April 15, 2024) by the former Tribal Governing Board.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Tribal Governing Board hereby re-establishes Chapter MCC.1 Tribal Government Code of Conduct, as it existed previously before its repeal.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that Chapter MCC.1 Tribal Government Code of Conduct, shall be re-established as it was before repeal under the Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal Code of Law, and shall be an ordinance of the Tribe, pursuant to Article IV, § 3 of the Amended Constitution and Bylaws of the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians.
CERTIFICATION
I, the undersigned, as Secretary/Treasurer of the Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal Governing Board, hereby certify that the Tribal Governing Board is composed of seven (7) members, of whom 7 being present, constituted a quorum at a meeting thereof, duly called, convened, and held on this 16th day of December, 2025, that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted at said meeting by an affirmative vote of 6 members, 0 against, 0 abstaining, and that said Resolution is a lawful act of the Tribe.
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Michelle Beaudin, Secretary/Treasurer
Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal Governing Board