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1 Constitution, Pilot Point Tribal Council 1 (1998)

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                                CONSTITUTION
                       PILOT POINT TRIBAL COUNCIL


                                 PREAMBLE

   WE, THE ALASKA NATIVES OF PILOT POINT, Alaska, citizens of the United
 States and descendants of the original inhabitants of this land, having common
 bonds of ancestry, culture, and community identity, in order to implement our
 inherent right of self-government as an Alaska Native people and to further our
 common political, social, and economic progress, do ordain and establish this
 constitution.
   This constitution supersedes the Constitution and Bylaws adopted by this body
 on December 7, 1982.

                             ARTICLE I. NAME

   This governing body shall be called the Pilot Point Tribal Council.

                 ARTICLE If. TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION

   The territorial jurisdiction of the Native Village of Pilot Point shall extend:
 To all lands within the Pilot Point Native Corporation's boundaries; the area of the
 Ugashik fishing district to the markers at Muddy Point; ANCSA 14 (C) 3 Re-
 conveyance lands; Native allotments; those lands customarily and traditionally
 .used in and around the Village of Pilot Point; and to any other Indian Country of
fthe Native Village of Pilot Point as may exist under Federal law.

                        ARTICLE III. MEMBERSHIP

 Section 1. Base Membership.
 All'persons listed on the Base Roll of the Native Village of Pilot Point shall be a
 member of the village. The Base Roll is to be certified by the Tribal Council on
 --January 1st ,2000 unless extended, and is to include only those persons of
 Alaska Native descent who:
 A.    Domiciled in the village at the time the Base Roll is certified; or
 B.    Were born or raised in the Village; or
 C     Have such substantial ties to the village as to be considered members of
       the Village by common community knowledge, as determined by the
       Tribal Council; or

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