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1 Constitution and Bylaws of the Crow Tribe of Indians, Crow Indian Reservation, Crow Agency, Montana [1] (2001)

handle is hein.amindian/cbcrowt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS OF THE CROW TRIBE OF INDIANS CROW INDIAN RESERVATION, CROW AGENCY, MONTANA PREAMBLE We, the adult members of the Crow Tribe of Indians located on the Crow Indian Reservation as established by the Fort Laramie Treaties of 1851 and 1868, in an effort to enforce and exercise our treaty rights, our inherent sovereign rights, to secure certain privileges and retain inherent powers do hereby adopt this Constitution to create a governing body to represent the members of the Crow Tribe of Indians, to promote the general welfare of the Crow Tribe and to provide for the lawful operation of government. ARTICLE I - GOVERNING BODY The traditional name of the government of the Crow Tribe of Indians of the Crow Indian Reservation shall be the Apsaalooke Nation Tribal General Council hereinafter known formally as the Crow Tribal General Council. The Crow Tribal General Council as governing body of the Crow Tribe of Indians hereby establishes three branches of government, the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Branches, which shall exercise a separation of powers. The Crow Tribal General Council shall consist of all adult enrolled members of the Crow Tribe of Indians eighteen (18) years of age or older who are entitled to vote. Descendant members of the Crow Tribe shall not be included in the Crow Tribal General Council of the Crow Tribe. The Crow Tribal General Council shall meet biannually for the purpose of receiving inforrhation from the Executive and Legislative Branches. The Crow Tribal General Council shall vote, by secret ballot, on all petitions forwarded by the Executive or Legislative Branches for removal of a Tribal Official or an Executive Branch member or to vote on a referendum or initiative in accordance with Article IX of this Constitution. Any rights or powers heretofore vested in the Crow Tribe of Indians but not expressly referred to in this Constitution shall not be lost by reason of their omission from this Constitution but may be exercised by the Crow Tribal General Council through the adoption of appropriate amendments to this Constitution. Crow Tribal Constitution - Page 1 Approved by Council: July 14, 2001 Effective Date July 14, 2001 Secretarial Signature: 12104/2001

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