Ways We (The MOWA Choctaw Indians of Alabama) Have Exercised Our Tribal Sovereignty Chief Framon Weaver.

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Ways We (The MOWA Choctaw Indians of Alabama) Have Exercised Our Tribal Sovereignty Chief Framon Weaver

Mobile County 1922

 Adopted Tribal Constitution and Established Three Forms of Government.

 Passed ordinance to create Housing Authority

 Lobbied State of Alabama to recognize all tribal lands owned by the tribe to be declared reservation property.

 Passed Tribal ordinance to create Police Department  Lobbied State of Alabama for our right to establish and operate our Police Department.

 Passed Tribal ordinance to create Police Department

 Negotiated an agreement with the State of Alabama to establish our Community Service Block Grant and Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.  As a result of litigation involving an incinerator on tribal reservation, the court recognized our right to issue our own permits.

 The court recognized our right to build on property owned by the tribe without obtaining building permits or licenses from the County.  In regards to the Indian Child Welfare Act, we are considered the same as a federally recognized tribe.