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Post Office Box 9, Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin 54538 RESOLUTION NO. 7-13-84A WHEREAS, the Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council, Inc. is a consortium of ten (10) Federally recognized Tribes and Bands, incorporated in the State of Wisconsin to "preserve the rights of the Indian people under Treaties or agreements with the United States and with any political subdivision" and "to do all manner of things necessary to improve the education, economic status, living environments, and general welfare of American Indians, and particularly those Indians who reside in the State of Wisconsin," and WHEREAS, the Government of the United States is presently considering the development of a high level nuclear waste repository in Northern Wisconsin rock formations which underlay lands which are occupied by Native Americans; or are adjacent to lands occupied by Native Americans who are members of the Tribes and Bands of the Great Lakes Inter- Tribal Council, and WHEREAS, the development of a high level Nuclear Waste Repository within the sovereign borders of lands occupied by member Tribes and Bands, or on lands ceded to the Federal government by member Tribes, is contrary to those Tribes and Bands responsibility to preserve the health and welfare of their citizens and environments, and WHEREAS, the member Tribes and Bands of the Great Lakes Inter- Tribal Council retain certain TREATY RIGHTS, and will not give the government of the United States of America the right to contaminate the lands of the subjects of these reserved rights, and WHEREAS, the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior have the statutory responsibility of Trusteeship over the recognized Tribes and Bands of Great Lakes Inter- Tribal Council; their lands, their people, and their environment, and have as a part of that Trusteeship the responsibility for the protection of the people, their environment, and their TREATY RIGHTS, and WHEREAS, the Wisconsin Radioactive Waste Review Board is requesting responses from Tribes and Bands on how they will relate to Review Board activities. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the member Tribes and Bands of the Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council confirm the policies of: 1. Total opposition to the development of any nuclear waste facility which falls within the sovereign borders of any member Tribe or Band; or within any lands ceded to the Federal government by any member Tribe. 2. Total opposition to the sinking of test holes within the sovereign boundaries by any entity associated with the United States Department of Energy. 3. Cooperation with the United States Department of Energy only to the extent that member Tribes and Bands are bound by the law. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council, Inc. and its member Tribes and Bands will work cooperatively with the Wisconsin Radioactive Waste Review Board through attendance at meetings, by providing written and oral comments and by requesting an agreement for the purposes of related information exchange. BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that certified copies of this Resolution will be forwarded to the United States Department of Energy, the Wisconsin Radioactive Waste Review Board, to the Governor of the State of Wisconsin, to the Secretary of the Interior and to the entire Wisconsin Congressional delegation. CERTIFICATION ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I, the undersigned as Secretary of the Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council, Inc., Board of Directors do hereby certify that the Board is comprised of ten (10) members of whom 8 were present, thus constituting a quorum, at a meeting duly called, noticed, convened and held on the 13th of July, 1984, and that the foregoing resolution was passed at said meeting by an affirmative vote of 8 members for, and 0 against, with 0 members abstaining. _____________________________________________ Victoria Ackley, Secretary Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council, Inc. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- To have a current Center For World Indigenous Studies Publication Catalogue sent to you via e-mail, send a request to jburrows@halcyon.com Center For World Indigenous Studies P.O. Box 2574 Olympia, WA U.S.A. 98507-2574 Fax: 206-956-1087 BBS: 206-786-9629