Mohegan Tribe
Commissioned by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Native Diabetes Wellness Program (NDWP), this report highlights traditional foods programs in six culturally and geographically diverse American Indian and Alaska Native communities. For decades, American Indian and Alaska...
Preamble: We, The Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut answerable to our ancestors, in order to secure to ourselves and our descendants the management of our own affairs as a sovereign American Indian Nation, to ensure the maintenance of our basic human rights, to exercise our sovereign rights...
ARTICLE X. - POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE COUNCIL OF ELDERS Section 2. - [Specific Judicial Review Powers.] (h) to establish and enforce rules of tribal custom, consistent with applicable federal statutes and the applicable regulations of the Secretary of the Interior, for the management of tribal...
ARTICLE IX. - POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE TRIBAL COUNCIL Section 1. - [Generally.] All legislative and executive powers of The Mohegan Tribe not granted to The Council of Elders shall be vested in The Tribal Council and shall be exercised in accordance with this Constitution and laws of the United...
ARTICLE IX. - POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE TRIBAL COUNCIL Section 3. - [Powers and Duties of Chair.] The powers and duties of the Chair of The Tribal Council shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) to serve as the chief executive officer of The Tribe and as head of the executive branch...
Location: Uncasville, CT Population: 1,700 Date of Constitution: Adopted 2007, amended 2016
Produced by the Institute for Tribal Government at Portland State University in 2004, the landmark “Great Tribal Leaders of Modern Times” interview series presents the oral histories of contemporary leaders who have played instrumental roles in Native nations' struggles for sovereignty, self-...
