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1 Constitution and Bylaws of the Delaware Tribe of Western Oklahoma, with Amendments [1] (1981)

handle is hein.amindian/cbdetwoka0001 and id is 1 raw text is: CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS OF THE DELAWARE TRIBE OF WESTERN OKLAHOMA PREAMBLE Invoking the guidance of Almighty God, we the Delaware Tribe of Western Oklahoma, with faith in the purposes of our Supreme Being, with pride in our ancient heritage and with the determination to promote, through our united effort, the general well-being of our tribe and to secure unto our tribe and tribal descendants the rights, powers and privileges provided by the laws of the United States of America, adopt the following constitution. ARTICLE I - NAME The name of this organization shall be the Delaware Tribe of Western Oklahoma. ARTICLE II - PURPOSE The purpose of the tribal organization shall be, through united effort, to promote the economic, moral, cultural, educational, and health status of the Delaware Tribe; to seek and insure assistance of the United States of America; the State of Oklahoma in carrying out mutual programs to accomplish these purposes in concert and to in no way inter- fere with or otherwise influence any individual member. ARTICLE III - NMEI1BERSHIP OF TRIBE et~v' Section 1. The embership of the Delaware Tribe of Western Oklahoma shall consist of e following persons; provided they have not received land or mo ey by virtue of having been enrolled as members of another Indian tr e: (a) Those persons who ior to the ratification of this constitution and bylaws were rec gnized as members or were entitled to member- ship in accordance w h the provisions of the Membership Resolution effective 'ly 30, 1957, and subsequently amended December 6, 1969, which includes: (1) All living pers s of Delaware Indian blood whose nar's appea or were entitled to appear on the official ce -us roll of January 1, 1940;

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