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1 Constitution of the Seldovia Village Tribe 1 (1992)

handle is hein.amindian/csldvt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: JAN 12 '98 10:50AM B.I.A. CODNST'UMON OF UM SELDOVIA VILLAGE TRIBE We, a group of Alaska Natives, residents of the State of Alaska, and citizens of the United States, constitute the Seldovia Village Tribe, Seldovia, Alaska, and by this declaration, we assert our freedom as a people with the common bond of residence in or association with the community of Seldovia, Alaska, and as such, we ordain and institute this Constitution to pramte our Tribe's social, economic and cultural progress, pursuant to the Indian Reorganization Act of June 18, 1934 (49 Stat. 984), as amed4ed. ARTICLE I. NAME This is the Constitution for the Seldovia Village Tribe. ARI=CLE II. TERRITORY SECION 1. TERRITORY. The exterior boundaries of Seldovia Village Tribe shall coincide with the lands selected under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act for the Native Village of Seldovia and any other lands acquired by the Tribe, and any Indian Country as may eist within the boundaries of the selected lands, including townsite lots and allotments subject to Federal restrictions on alienation. ARTICLE III- JURISDICTION The Seldovia Village Tribe shall have jurisdiction to the fullest extent possible over all lands and people within its territory to the ext-ent such jurisdiction does not violate Federal or Seldovia Village Tribal law. ARTICLE IV. MEMBERSHIP S=ZTION 1. BASE MMERSHIP. Any living person of Alaska Native descent whose name appears on the Departkent of the Interior roll for the Native Village of Seldovia under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act shall be enrolled as a base member in the Seldovia Village Tribe, unless any such person shall in writing request not to be so enrolled. SECTION 2- OMLFICATIONS FOR VOITING MaMERSIP. Any blood descendent of any person who was originally enrolled to the Native Village of Seldovia under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act may, upon application, be enrolled as a voting merber of the Seldovia Village Tribe. All base members are voting members. P. 2/13

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