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1 Constitution for the Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico 1 (1970)

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                           CONSTITUTION
                                FOR
                 THE PUEBLO OF ISLETA, NEW MEXICO


                             PREAMBLE

'We, the Indian people of the Pueblo of Isleta, in order to
preserve our customs and traditions, to make the government
established by the original constitution approved March 27, 1947,
more responsive to our needs and, the general welfare, to secure
the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, to
provide for our economic and social betterment through coopera-
tive effort, industry and enterprise, to promote security and
provide for law and order, do establish this constitution for
the Pueblo of Isleta.


                     ARTICLE I - JURISDICTION

This constitution shall apply within the exterior boundaries of
the Isleta Pueblo Grant and within the exterior boundaries of
such other lands as are now or may in the future be added by
purchase, grant, lease, or otherwise acquired for use by the
Pueblo of Isleta° No such lands shall ever be alienated from
the pueblo by action of any member of the pueblo.


                      ARTICLE II - MEMBERSHIP

The following persons shall be members of the Pueblo of Isleta,
provided such persons shall not have renounced, or do not here-
after renounce their membership by joining another tribe or
pueblo, or otherwise:

Section 1. Persons of one-half (1/2) or more degree of Isleta
Indian blood and Isleta parentage shall be members of the Pueblo
of Isleta, provided they have not renounced their right to
membership.

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