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Western Shoshone Wildlife and Plant Resource Code 



Enacted October 3, 1987 



Preambl e : 



A Code adopted by the Western Shoshone Nation to protect the wildlife 

 and plant resources subject to its jurisdiction and the natural beauty 

 of the Western Shoshone ancestral lands. 



Whereas, from time immemorial the Western Shoshone Nation has practiced 

 conservation to protect the invaluable wildlife and plant resources 

 subject to its jurisdiction from waste and excessive exploitation, and 

 has been proud of the great natural beauty of its ancestral lands, and 



Whereas, from time immemorial the Western Shoshone Nation has exercised 

 sovereignty over its citizens and territory, and, 



Whereas, the United States of America, by the Treaty of Ruby Valley, 18 

 Stat. 689, ratified on October 21, 1869, and recognized the sovereignty 

 and aborigional rights of the Western Shoshone Nation, 



Now, Therefore , the Western Shoshone National Council hereby adopts this 

 Code to protect the wildlife and plant resources within the jurisdiction 

 of the Western Shoshone ancestral lands. 



A. Jurisdiction. 



This Code shall be applicable to all persons exercising or purporting 

 to exercise the hunting , fishing, trapping, or gathering rights 

 reserved to the Western Shoshone Nation by treaty and arising out of 

 aborigional use and occupancy within the boundaries of the Western 



Shoshone ancestral territory. 



B. The Western Shoshone Wildlife cind Plant Resource Comnission. 



1. Establishment and Purpose. 



The Western Shoshone Wildlife and Plant Resource Commission 

 (hereinafter referred to as the "Commission") is hereby 

 established for the purpose of implementing and enforcing this 

 Code . The Commission shall have authority to implement this 

 Code by appropriate regulations. 



2. Duties of the Commission. 



The Commission is directed to: 



(A) to enforce the provisions of this Code; 



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