Cite as: 29 CNCA § 102

A. The purpose of this act is to establish a regulatory scheme for hunting and fishing on lands and/or by Persons subject to the Nation's jurisdiction pursuant to treaty, federal laws, inherent sovereign authority, compact, cross-deputization agreement or other authority.

B. It is the intent of the Council of the Cherokee Nation to confirm and assert the Nation's sovereign rights to establish a regulatory scheme under which Cherokee citizens may exercise, within the Cherokee Nation Reservation, those communal rights to hunt and fish which were included as part and parcel of the rights that inhere to the sovereignty of the Cherokee Nation, which we affirmed by treaty and patent, and which rights have not ever been conveyed, relinquished, or extinguished by any subsequent treaty or agreement.

C. It is further the intent of the Council of the Cherokee Nation to provide opportunity to enhance intergovernmental cooperation and coordination respecting wildlife conservation management and associated activities.

Historical Data

LA 36–06, eff. January 7, 2007. Amended LA 04-22, eff. January 27, 2022. Amended LA 37-24, eff. October 28, 2024.