A. Notice Required. Every person filing an application for enrollment shall be given written notice of whether the Council rejected or accepted the application for enrollment.

B. Content of Notice or Rejection. If the Council rejected the application for enrollment, the written notice shall: (1) indicate that the application was rejected and set forth the Tribal membership requirement or requirements which the Council found the applicant failed to establish; and (2) provide that the rejection of the application for enrollment will be appealed to the Tribal Judge or Tribal Court in accordance with the appeal procedures established by this chapter. If, at the time of the appeal, there is no Tribal Judge or Court which can hear the matter, the rejection of the application will be appealed to a meeting of the general membership sitting as a “committee of the whole.” A majority vote of those members present and voting shall be the final appeal. The notice shall indicate the time within which such an appeal must be commenced and the procedure for commencing such appeal. The content and form of the notice of rejection shall be approved by the Tribal Council.

C. Content of Notice of Approval. If the Council approved the application for enrollment, the written notice shall indicate that the application was approved and the Tribal resolution number and the date of its enactment whereby the approval of such application was commemorated. The content and form of the notice of approval shall be approved by the Council.

D. Manner of Giving Notice. The notice required to be given under this section shall be given promptly after the Council makes its final determination as to whether the application for enrollment is approved or rejected, and shall be sent by certified mail with postage thereon fully prepaid, with a return receipt requested, address provided by such person in the application form or at such different address as shall be subsequently provided the enrollment committee in writing. [Adopted 4/4/89 Art. III § 3.]