TRIBAL AGREEMENT
Federal
Recognition and the
INDIAN CREEK TRIBE CHICKAMAUGA CREEK & CHEROKEE NATION INC.
To all the Members of the Indian Creek Tribe Chickamauga Creek & Cherokee Nation Inc.; privileges and immunities may all be comprehended under the following general headings: The protection by the Tribal government: the enjoyment of life and liberty: the right to acquire and possess property of every kind: and to pursue and obtain happiness and safety, subject, nevertheless, to such restraints as the government may justly prescribe for the general good of the whole.
Once you become a
member and your name has been added to the Tribe index, it cannot be removed,
even if you have been banished from the Tribe under the law of banishment. You are subject to the laws of this Tribe and
the United States Government. These
records are part of the Index filed with the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) in
You have the right as a citizen of one Clan to pass through or reside in any other Clan for the purpose of trade, agriculture, professional pursuits or otherwise. The benefit of the writ of habeas corpus; to institute and maintain actions of every kind in the courts of the Tribe; to take hold and dispose of property, both real and personal; and an exemption from higher taxes or impositions than are paid by the other citizens of the Tribe, to which may be added the elective franchise, as regulated and established by the laws and Constitution of the Tribe in which it is to be exercised.
Only members who live and work on tribal lands are eligible for free food; health care in tribal health center; free housing, water, and power, in exchange for a 40 hour work week. Members that live off of the tribal lands can receive food, clothes and other things at reduced cost in the Tribal store; reduced health care in the Tribal health care center;
All Members must
agree to live by the Tribal, State and Federal laws on and off of tribal
land. By signing this agreement you are acknowledging and agree that the Tribe has the power to enforce all Tribal,
State and
Any Member found to be doing any unlawful act, will be grounds for the Tribal council to order a hearing before the Tribal court for their removal from this Tribe, or serve time for breaking the laws, or whatever the judgment of a 12 member jury sworn to give a verdict on the matter at hand. All Tribal Government members are subject to the laws and order, as no one is above the law.
When one speaks of putting his/her allegiance to the will of Yowa above his/her allegiance to the government, it is evident in the light of his/her entire statement that he/she means to make his/her own interpretation of the will of Yowa the decisive test, which shall conclude the government and stay its hand. We are a Totemism people, according to one another the equal right of religious freedom and acknowledging with reverence the duty of obedience to the will of Yowa. But also, we are a nation with the duty to survive, a nation whose Constitution contemplates war as well as peace, whose government must go forward on that assumption, and safely can proceed upon no other. That unqualified allegiance to the nation with submission and obedience to the laws of the land and tribe, as well as those made for peace, shall not be inconsistent with the will of Yowa.
I the undersigned do uphold this Agreement to this Tribe and its people and will obey the laws of this Tribe and this Nation. So help me Yowa.
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PRINT NAME__________________________________________________
ICBCCI NUMBER_______________ DATE___________________
CLAN NAME_______________________________________
