Section TCT.02.01 — Findings

(a) Recognizing that tribal self-sufficiency cannot be fully realized without first exerting control over such matters as may be vital to tribal interests, the Stockbridge-Munsee Tribal Council finds:

(1) That Article VII, Section 1 (f) of the Stockbridge-Munsee Community Constitution and By-Laws (approved November 18, 1937), as amended, provides in part that the Tribal Council has the power: "To promulgate and enforce ordinances, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, governing the conduct of members of the Community....and establishing proper agencies for law enforcement of the Community," and this provision authorizes the Tribal Council to create a system to govern civil procedure in the tribal court system; and

(2) That the Stockbridge-Munsee Community desires to deal fairly and equitably with all persons; and

(3) That the Stockbridge-Munsee Community desires to administer, in a just and impartial fashion, all applicable laws, ordinances, regulations and policies; and

(4) That the Stockbridge-Munsee Community desires to provide a comprehensive set of procedural rules to govern litigation in the Tribal Court System.