The Official Tribe of Shabazz organizes its governmental work through three constitutional branches and a separate lane of Government Departments, offices, councils, and institutions.
Internal organizational governance • Public record presentation
Distinct constitutional functions working within one governmental framework.
Leadership, coordination, administration, implementation, communications, and accountability support.
Explore Executive →02Lawmaking, ordinances, resolutions, policy deliberation, appropriations, and institutional oversight.
Explore Legislative →03Internal adjudication, due process, appeals, dispute resolution, and interpretation of adopted Tribal law.
Explore Judicial →The Executive Branch provides leadership, administrative oversight, interdepartmental coordination, implementation support, records support, and accountability assistance. Government departments retain their own functional missions and program responsibilities rather than operating merely as subdivisions of the Office of the Chief.
Provides executive direction and continuity; coordinates implementation of adopted governing instruments; assists departments with administration, interdepartmental coordination, official communications, reporting, and other support needed to carry out their respective responsibilities.
Distinct service and development departments with their own missions, responsibilities, programs, and records. The Executive Branch oversees administration and provides assistance without absorbing each department's substantive work.
Each department is a separate governmental institution responsible for a defined area of service. Departments coordinate with the Executive Branch for administration and with one another when their missions overlap.
Strengthens families, promotes health and wellness education, coordinates human-service resources, supports children and elders, and helps connect members with appropriate community and professional services.
Administers educational programming, cultural preservation, language revitalization, youth development, educational partnerships, and the transmission of Tribal heritage to future generations.
Develops and supports music, performing arts, visual arts, storytelling, artist development, youth arts, cultural events, recordings, archives, and other forms of living creative expression.
Builds scientific literacy, STEM opportunity, digital infrastructure, cybersecurity, research capacity, data and AI capability, innovation, and responsible technology systems for Tribal institutions and future generations.
Manages public relations, social and traditional media, photography, video, audio, news and storytelling, press relations, media production, archives, and approved public communications.
Coordinates economic strategy, enterprise development, entrepreneurship, employment opportunity, investment planning, partnerships, and long-term economic capacity for the Tribe and its people.
Coordinates lawful land and real-estate strategy, property identification, acquisition due diligence, records, stewardship, development feasibility, and long-term planning for Tribal institutional and program needs.
Coordinates veteran resource navigation, qualified benefits referrals, transition support, wellness coordination, employment and education opportunities, housing resources, family support, records assistance, honors, and preservation of veterans' service and legacy.
Maintains government records, administrative systems, personnel records, interdepartmental coordination, implementation support, and continuity functions.
Coordinates mobility, fleet administration, logistics, safety planning, accessibility, transportation partnerships, and infrastructure-related transportation needs.
Coordinates housing-resource navigation, development planning, housing education, property coordination, and partnerships that support safe and stable housing.
Promotes dignity, equal treatment, rights education, internal rights standards, advocacy, documentation, complaint navigation, and lawful referral.
Coordinates preparedness, protection planning, emergency readiness, training standards, protective support, risk reduction, information safeguards, and accountable community-defense programs.
These offices and institutions perform specialized advisory, judicial, service, external-relations, and recordkeeping functions within the Tribe's internal governmental framework.
Coordinates internal legal affairs, legal-policy review, compliance support, document review, counsel referrals, government ethics, and institutional legal risk management.
A twelve-member advisory body organized to provide counsel in major areas of Tribal development. Individual appointments and duties are governed by their appointment instruments.
The Judicial Branch is established through the Tribal Court Charter Ordinance and provides internal processes for grievances, appeals, administrative review, and disputes within the scope of adopted governing rules.
Coordinates formal correspondence, relationship-building, cultural diplomacy, and interorganizational engagement on behalf of the Tribe.
The Declaration, Constitution position, Charter, bylaws, ordinances, policies, and other adopted records establish the internal framework under which the Tribe organizes itself.