Section SAF.06.01 — Statement Of Purpose, Findings, And Authority

(a) Purpose. The Stockbridge-Munsee Tribal Council enacts this ordinance to provide for the safety and well-being of the tribal community by providing parameters for the expulsion of persons who are considered to be a danger to the community from lands under the jurisdiction of the Stockbridge-Munsee Community.

(b) Findings. The Stockbridge-Munsee Tribal Council finds that this ordinance is necessary to protect the social, economic and political welfare of the Stockbridge-Munsee Community and tribal members, as well as to protect the lands and assets of the Stockbridge-Munsee Community.

(c) Authority.

(1) The ordinance is authorized under Article VII (f) of the Stockbridge-Munsee Constitution, which provides for the promulgation and enforcement of ordinance for the exclusion of nonmembers from its territory, as well as inherent tribal authority to govern the members of the Stockbridge-Munsee Community and the use, management and administration of lands under the jurisdiction of the Stockbridge-Munsee Community.

(2) In addition, the Stockbridge-Munsee Community has authority over lands that it owns in fee simple by virtue of its ownership of such land and may enforce this ordinance in relation to access to such lands consistent with such authority.