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1 Constitution of the Evansville Village Council [1] (1978)

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                             CONSTITUTION

                                OF THE

                      EVANSVILLE VILLAGE COUNCIL


                               PREAMBLE
              .WE, a group of residents of Evansville, Alaska, having a

common bond of residence, in order to establish unity among our succeeding

generations, to reaffirm our faith in fundamental Indian rights, and to

promote social, economic and political progress among our Indian people,

do hereby associate ourselves to establish the Evansville Village Council,

and adopt the following Constitution and Bylaws.



                              ARTICLE ONE

                                 NAME

               The name of this organization shall be the Evansville

Village Council.



                              ARTICLE TWO

                              DURATION

               The period of duration of this organization shall be perpetual.


Section I.

this organ


                   ARTICLE THREE

                   MEMBERSHIP

  Qualifications for Membership. Any person shall be a member of

ization provided he or she meets all of the following qualifications:

(a) a member shall be of at least one quarter (1/4) Native American

     descent; and

(b) a member shall have maintained a permanent residence within

     the land claims area selected by the village corporation of

     Evansville under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (P.L.

     92-203, as amended 43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) for a period of at

     least thirty (30) days; and

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