Article II – Membership of the Three Affiliated Tribes Constitution and By-Laws is as follows: 

       Section 1. Membership. The Membership of the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation shall consist of: 
               (a) Persons of at least 1/8th degree blood of the Hidatsa, Mandan, and/or Arikara Tribes. 
                      (As amended by amendment No. A, effective December 16, 2010. Most recent prior amendment pursuant to a 2008 Secretarial Election.)    

       Section 2. Dual Enrollment
               (a) Persons enrolled with another tribe and who have received benefits from such tribe in the form of land or payments shall not be eligible for enrollment with                       the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, provided that inherited interests shall not be considered as being benefits. 

  (b) A person eligible for membership with the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation and another tribe shall relinquish whatever rights
         of membership he may hold in the other tribe as a condition to his enrollment with the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation. 

      Section 3. The Tribal Business Council shall have power to promulgate ordinances, subject to review by the Secretary of the Interior, governing future membership, the adoption of new members and the revision of the membership rolls from time to time as determined by such ordinances. 

All Enrollment Applications must be accompanied with the applicant’s Original State Certified Birth Certificate (No hospital copies or photocopies shall be
                accepted.) An application fee of $10.00 (Money Order Only), and a family tree chart filled out to the best of the applicant’s knowledge.

       IF APPLICABLE: 
                If either parent is enrolled in another federally recognized tribe other than the Three Affiliated Tribes, a Verification of Non-Enrollment must be attached to
                the application as well as the parent’s Certificate of Indian Blood from their Tribe. 

Please contact the People’s Fund Department

Applicants who are legally adopted shall not be eligible for enrollment with the Three Affiliated Tribes, unless the applicant meets all the Enrollment Criteria of the Three Affiliated Tribes. All Blood Degrees shall be determined from an applicant’s biological parent(s) in accordance with Section 11-3-6. In no case shall the blood degree be used from any adoptive parent.