6. SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS
The Tribal Enrollment Office shall also require the following documents be submitted with the application:
(a)
Birth Certificate:
A certified copy of the birth certificate with the application. The only
type of birth certificate that is accepted is an ORIGINAL STATE CERTIFIED BIRTH
CERTIFICATE from the County Health Department from the county which the individual was
born or from the State Department of Vital records Office located in the state the individual
was born. Certified birth certificates will be copied and stamped with an attestation that the
copy is “Certified to be a true and exact copy “Photostat” of the document filed in this office
by the Enrollment Office ®. Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) testing will be acceptable in lieu of
a birth certificate until an acceptable birth certificate is located.
(b)
Paternity Affidavit: A complete, signed and notarized paternity affidavit is required for
each enrollment application if , at the time of birth, the applicants parents were not legally
married to each other. The affidavit can be one signed for this membership, or one signed
previously for other purposes, e.g. an affidavit of paternity signed for the Department of
Social and Health Services for the State of Washington. Court decisions based upon
paternity statements are initiated by the parent.
(c)
If an affidavit of paternity is impossible to obtain because the father is deceased, cannot be
located or denies paternity, the applicant (or adult acting on behalf of the applicant) shall
obtain a judicial determination of paternity from a Court with the proper jurisdiction to
determine the paternity of the child.
(d)
The Tribal Enrollment Office shall gather and prepare all necessary documentation and shall
have the discretion to request other information to support a determination and request an
Enrollment Committee meeting. The Enrollment Committee shall review all of the application
information submitted above, verify blood quantum calculations. The Enrollment Committee
will vote and make a recommendation to the Tribal Council.
7. DUAL ENROLLMENT
(a)
The Spokane Tribe of Indians does not allow for dual enrollment. Any enrolled member of
the Spokane Tribe who is not now enrolled in another Tribe but seeking to be enrolled in
another Tribe cannot be a member simultaneously of the Spokane Tribe of Indians and
another Tribe. The Spokane Tribal members must, upon enrollment in the other Tribe
submit a notarized written statement requesting relinquishment of his or her membership
and rights as a Spokane Tribal member.
(b)
Failure of a Tribal member to notify the Spokane Tribe of Indians of duel enrollment will
result in the Tribe initiating relinquishment action. The EO shall give notice to that individual
by certified letter that the Tribe has reason to believe duel enrollment exists and is a
violation of their Enrollment Ordinance. Individuals will be given sixty (60) days to address
the issue with the Enrollment Office, or if another explanation is not offer by the individual
why such relinquishment shall not occur, the Enrollment Office will submit directly to the
Tribal Council a resolution with support documentation to relinquish the individual thirty (30)
days proceeding the initial sixty (60) day resolution period. The individual Tribal member
shall be entitled to an appeal of the Tribal EO’s decision if done within thirty days and filed
with the Spokane Tribal Court within such time period. If service has been properly made
upon the individual with such notice and no action is taken, that person shall be deemed
having relinquished their membership in the Spokane Tribe at the expiration of the above
stated ninety (90) day period.
8. DUTIES OF THE TRIBAL ENROLLMENT OFFICER/OFFICE
The duties of the Tribal Enrollment Officer/Office are:
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