The Secretary shall receive and, upon request of the Chairman, answer or attest to the authenticity of all correspondence for the Tribe and the Council, and shall keep and maintain files thereof, and shall verify enrollment of Tribal members to appropriate agencies as well as to maintain the base roll of the tribe and keep current the tribal membership roll.
Section 1. Membership Criteria. Membership in the Pit River Tribe (Ajumawi-Atsugewi Nation) shall be open to all persons who meet the following criteria:
a. He/She is at least 1/4 Pit River Indian blood and is not enrolled in any other federally recognized Tribe.
b. Any child born to enrolled members regardless of blood quantum and as long as he/she is not enrolled in any other federally recognized Tribe.
Section 2. Base Membership Roll. There shall be a Base Membership Roll which shall consist of the persons who are deemed to have met the criteria set forth in Section 1 hereof by virtue of any one of the following:
a. He/She was accepted into Tribal membership under the Constitution adopted on August 16, 1964, or
b. He/She was listed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs as eligible to register to vote in the election of the Constitution Drafting Committee held on December 10,1983, or
c. He/She is listed as a Pit River Indian on the 1928 Census roll and is at least 1/4 Indian blood or descendant thereof.
Section 3. Enrollment of Additional Members. All other persons who hereafter meet the criteria set forth in Section 1, and Section 2, shall be eligible to enroll for membership under an ordinance hereafter enacted by the Tribal Council.
Section 4. Revocation of Membership by Enrolled in another Federally Recognized Tribe. Membership in the Nation shall be automatically revoked upon a person’s enrolling as a member of any other federally recognized Indian Tribe. Any person whose membership is revoked for this reason may be reinstated as a member of the Pit River Tribe (Ajumawi-Atsugewi Nation) upon his/her submission of proof to the Tribal Council that he/she has withdrawn his/her enrollment in al other federally recognized Indian Tribes or, in the alternative, that he/she has taken all necessary and reasonable steps to effectuate a withdrawal of his/her enrollment in all other federally recognized Indian Tribes. (See Enrollment Application below)
IMPORTANT NOTICES
CHANGE OF ADDRESS: Change Of Address Form
Tribal Members it is critical we have your current mailing address so we can timely communicate with you and update Finance with your mailing address for the distribution of Revenue Sharing or other applicable communications. Please download the Change of Address Form, fill out completely and bring to the Enrollment office or email to secretary@pitrivertribe.gov
FEEDBACK: Feedback Form
Tribal Members we are here to serve and assist our Tribal Membership but we have few staff and lots of procedures to ensure we do things accurately and efficiently, Occasionally, we miss our goal so that is why your feedback is critical to inform our process. Please fill out the attached Feedback form completely. Provide as much who-what-when-where and why as possible with dates and contact information. We will review your feedback and get back to you as soon as possible. Thank you for your help.