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1 Constitution and Bylaws of the Prairie Band of Potawatomi Indians 1 (1976)

handle is hein.amindian/cbpbpti0001 and id is 1 raw text is: CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS OF THE PRAIRIE BAND OF POTAWATOMI INDIANS PREAMBLE We the members of the Prairie Band of Potawatomi Indians, in order that our rights: inherent, United States Constitutional, treaty rights and other rights which arise from statutory law, Executive Order, state law and judicial administration be fully protected, exercised, and preserved, to insure justice and our security, to maintain Potawatomi traditions and customs, to promote harmony, the common good, social and general welfare and to secure the blessings of spiritual, educational, cultural, and economic development for ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this constitution. ARTICLE I - TERRITORY AND JURISDICTION The jurisdiction of the Prairie Band of Potawatomi Indians, shall extend to all persons who are now or hereafter may become members of the Prairie Band of Potawatomi, to all surface and subsurface territory reserved by and retained by the Potawatomi in previous treaties, or granted to the Band and its members, and to such other territory as may be hereafter added thercto by purchase, gift, Act of Congress, agreements, or otherwise. ARTICLE II - LAND Section 1. Recotnition. We, the Prairie Band of Potawatomi, do no--accept a7iim1ns=1nsg of our sovereign status as a nation and of our vested or inherent rights by the act of adopting this constitution. Sec. 2. The Tribal Council shall establish a standing Committee vested wiThie responsibility of protecting and preserving our land rights in accordance with the land policies of the Band which are hereby declared to be: (a) The Potawatomi Indian Reservees, under a treaty, have a right paramount and superior to any grant of land to states or others. Until our collective or individual title shall be fully

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