documents to formalize its Tribal Government structure, enrollment process, and elections of its leaders. Even without Federal financial assistance to carry out its governmental functions or a land base, the Tribe remains a distinct community both politically and culturally. The Tribe works with its Federal, State, and county agency partners to protect cultural and sacred sites, the environment, Mono Lake, and habitat. In recent years, the Tribe has established the Mono Lake/Yosemite Traditional Walk , which is the revitalization of the walk their ancestors took from Mono Lake to Yosemite in order to trade with and engage with family and neighboring tribes. The Tribe celebrates and honors their elders and veterans through community events and Tribal functions on an annual basis. (22) Federal recognition of the Tribe through this Act is supported by the Mono County Board of Supervisors, all five federally recognized Tribes in Inyo County, the non-federally recognized tribe Southern Sierra Muwuk Nation, and the federally recognized tribes of Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians, Picayune Rancheria of the Chuckansi Tribe, and the North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians. Support also comes from the National Park Service, the Sierra Club, Friends of Inyo County, the Anthropology Department of California State University Chico, California Indian Legal Services, and other organizations. 3. Definitions In this Act: (1) Member The term member means an individual who is enrolled in the Tribe pursuant to the constitution of the Tribe. (2) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior. (3) Tribe The term Tribe means the Mono Lake Kutzadika a Tribe. 4. Federal recognition (a) In general Federal recognition is extended to the Tribe. (b) Effect of federal laws Except as otherwise provided in this Act, all Federal laws (including regulations) of general application to Indians and Indian tribes, including the Act of June 18, 1934 ( 25 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.