The Enrollment committee now consists of the following members.

Madeline Frank (Chairperson)
Georgia Kennedy-Elliot
Laura Turner

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ARTICLE III
Membership

Section 1.
Membership in the Timbisha Shoshone Indian Tribe shall consist of the following:

        a. All persons who filed as Timbisha Shoshone Indians and were listed on the genealogy roll prepared as of March, 1978 and used to request federal acknowledgment and recognition of the Tribe;

        b. All persons who are lineal descendants of any person designated in subsection (a) above and who possess at least one-fourth (1/4) degree Indian blood of which one‑sixteenth (1/16) degree must be Timbisha Shoshone blood;

        c. All persons of Indian blood upon whom membership is conferred by adoption.

        Section 2.
        A person who has been allotted or given a land assignment on another reservation or is officially enrolled with or is a recognized member of some other tribe or band shall not be enrolled.

        Section 3.
        The official membership roll shall be prepared in accordance with an ordinance adopted by the tribal council. Such ordinance shall contain provisions for enrollment procedures, enrollment committees, application form, approval or disapproval of applications, rejection notices, appeals, corrections, adoptions, disenrollment procedures and provisions for keeping the roll on a current basis.

        Section 4.
        No person shall be enrolled as an adopted member of the Tribe unless he/she possesses at least one‑fourth (1/4) degree Indian blood and has been approved by a majority vote of the General Council.

        Section 5.
        Any person who wishes to withdraw from membership in the Tribe must submit his withdrawal in writing to the Tribal Council Chairperson who shall direct the enrollment committee to adjust its records accordingly.

        Section 6.
        The Tribal Council shall revoke membership status from any individual whom the enrollment committee has determined was erroneously, fraudulently or otherwise incorrectly enrolled.

 Enrollment Ordinance