Phone: (920)869-2214

Oneida Nation

Post Office Box 365

Phone: (920)869-2214

Oneida, WI 54155

BC Resolution # 01-14-26-B

Amendments to the Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping Law

WHEREAS,

the Oneida Nation is a federally recognized Indian government and a treaty tribe

recognized by the laws of the United States of America; and

WHEREAS,

the Oneida General Tribal Council is the governing body of the Oneida Nation; and

WHEREAS,

the Oneida Business Committee has been delegated the authority of Article IV, Section 1,

of the Oneida Tribal Constitution by the Oneida General Tribal Council; and

WHEREAS,

the Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping law (“the Law”) was adopted by the Oneida Business

Committee through resolution BC-08-31-94-C, and then amended through resolutions BC04-24-96-A, BC-07-22-98-A, BC-09-13-00-D, BC-06-04-03-A, BC-06-30-04-I, BC-07-1305-E, BC-08-29-07-F, BC-06-24-09-E, BC-08-26-10-I, BC-12-14-11-E, BC-05-22-13-A,

BC-01-25-17-D, and BC-07-26-17-F; and

WHEREAS,

the purpose of this Law is to protect and conserve wildlife on the reservation and to promote

respect among sportsmen, for both the environment and fellow sportsmen; and

WHEREAS,

the amendments to the Law add a definition for descendant, great bodily harm, and

warden; and

WHEREAS,

the amendments to the Law eliminate the Environmental Resource Board (ERB) from the

law and delegate all responsibilities of ERB provided in the law, except hearing authority,

to the Conservation Department throughout the entire law; and

WHEREAS,

the amendments to the Law require the Conservation Department draft rules that identify

designated seasons and/or hunting hours for elder, disabled, and youth hunts; and

WHEREAS,

the amendments to the Law eliminate the requirement that the Conservation Department

draft rules establishing a process for retention, storage and disposal of items confiscated

or turned over to the Department in accordance with this law; and

WHEREAS,

the amendments to the Law require the Conservation Department draft rules that regulate

the use of recovery and retrieval services and methods; and

WHEREAS,

the amendments to the Law require the Conservation Department draft rules that regulate

the care and husbandry of animals used to hunt or animals used for private game hunting;

and

WHEREAS,

the amendments to the Law eliminate the requirement that a rule booklet be provided to

each person receiving a license permit; and

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WHEREAS,

the amendments to the Law recognize that wardens fall within the organization of the

Oneida Police Department and not the Conservation Department and therefore prescribe

all responsibilities/duties of the wardens to the Oneida Police Department officers; and

eliminate the requirement that an Oneida Police Department office who observes a

violation of this law report it to a warden; and

WHEREAS,

the amendments to the Law adds beaver to list of animals a landowner, lessee, or designee

is allowed to hunt or trap on property they own or lease year round without a sportsman

license, removing beavers from the list of nuisance animals that a person is not required

to get a nuisance animal removal permit to hunt or trap; and

WHEREAS,

the amendments to the Law eliminate the provision that allowed any licensee holding a

fishing only sportsman license to name a designated hunter to fill the hunting or trapping

permits that regularly accompany a sportsman license; and

WHEREAS,

the amendments to the Law eliminate the requirement that at least eighty-five percent

(85%) of the group and/or organization members be Tribal members for

groups/organizations that seek a ceremonial and/or feast permit; and

WHEREAS,

the amendments to the Law require that all persons participating in the ceremonial and/or

feast hunt be tribal members, descendants, or a spouse of a tribal member in addition to

the requirement that they be named hunters on the permit; and

WHEREAS,

the amendments to the Law require that medical verification for a disabled hunter permit

show that the physical disability results in mobility issues that makes it necessary for the

disable hunter to hunt from a stationary vehicle; and

WHEREAS,

the amendments to the Law provide that any person who has had a license or permit

denied in accordance with section 406.6-7(a) may appeal the Department’s decision by

requesting a hearing before the Trial Court instead of ERB; and

WHEREAS,

the amendments to the Law provide that any person who accidentally collides with and kills

a deer while operating a vehicle on a roadway, may retain possession of the said deer,

provided that the person shall have the deer tagged by the State of Wisconsin, instead of

the Department; and

WHEREAS,

the amendments to the Law increase the allowable size of a hunting party from ten (10) to

fifteen (15) persons; and

WHEREAS,

the amendments to the Law allow designated hunters to hunt for an unlimited number of

permittees, instead of being limited to the number authorized by the rules; and

WHEREAS,

the amendments to the Law adjust the age restrictions for minors, now allowing all persons

between the ages of ten (10) and fourteen (14) years old the ability to hunt if they have

obtained the required license and permits and are under the immediate supervision of a

parent, legal guardian, or a responsible adult to which a parent or legal guardian has

delegated their supervisory responsibilities; and

WHEREAS,

the amendments to the Law allow individuals to obtain a mentored-only hunting license

and permit and hunt without first completing a hunter education course as long as they

accompany a mentor while hunting; and

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WHEREAS,

the amendments to the Law remove much of the provisions regarding citations, and simply

providing that an individual who violates a provision of this law or the corresponding rules

may be subject to the issuance of a citation by a warden or an Oneida Police Department

officer in accordance with the Nation’s laws and policies governing citations; and

WHEREAS,

the amendments to the Law make other minor drafting revisions; and

WHEREAS,

the Legislative Operating Committee developed the proposed amendments to the Law

through collaboration with representatives from the Oneida Police Department, Oneida

Law Office, Conservation Department, CEO of Nation Services, and the Environmental,

Land, Agriculture Division; and

WHEREAS,

in accordance with the Legislative Procedures Act a legislative analysis and fiscal impact

statement were completed for the proposed amendments to the Law; and

WHEREAS,

the Legislative Operating Committee held a public meeting on the proposed amendments

to the Law on August 15, 2025, with two (2) individuals providing oral comments, and the

public comment period for the amendments to this Law was held open until August 22,

2025, with no submission of written comments received; and

WHEREAS,

the Legislative Operating Committee reviewed and considered all public comments

received on September 17, 2025; and

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the Oneida Business Committee hereby adopts the amendments

to the Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping law, which shall become effective on February 25, 2026.

Administrative Rulemaking

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the Conservation Department shall review the Hunting, Fishing, and

Trapping Law Rule Handbook and make revisions to the Rule Handbook as deemed necessary to comply

with these adopted amendments to the Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping law.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the Conservation Department shall report to the Legislative Operating

Committee on a quarterly basis regarding the progress of the Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping law Rule

Handbook amendments until amendments are formally adopted by the Oneida Business Committee.

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One Year Review of the Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping Law

BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, the Legislative Reference Office shall conduct a one (1) year review of the

Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping law and provide the Legislative Operating Committee a report on the use

and implementation of the Law.

CERTIFICATION

I, the undersigned, as Secretary of the Oneida Business Committee, hereby certify that the Oneida

Business Committee is composed of 9 members of whom 5 members constitute a quorum; 6 members

were present at a meeting duly called, noticed and held on the 14th day of January, 2026; that the forgoing

resolution was duly adopted at such meeting by a vote of 5 members for, 0 members against, and 0

members not voting*; and that said resolution has not been rescinded or amended in any way.

____________________________

Lisa Liggins, Secretary

Oneida Business Committee

*According to the By-Laws, Article I, Section 1, the Chair votes "only in the case of a tie."