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1 Constitution of the Native Village of Afognak 1 (2002)

handle is hein.amindian/ctnvafg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: CONSTITUTION OF THE NATIVE VILLAGE OF AFOGNAK PREAMBLE We are Native Americans who are one people with a common Alutiiq and Alaska Native heritage and cultural association with the Village of Afognak, a federally recognized Tribe, which we now call the Native Village of Afognak. The Native Village of Afognak is organized under this Constitution and according to the Indian Reorganization Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 984, as amended), so that its Tribal members shall have a perpetual source of land use, shared cultural wealth and social well being. ARTICLE I. NAME This is the Constitution of the people and the government of the Native Village of Afognak. ARTICLE II. TERRITORY AND JURISDICTION SECTION 1. TERRITORY. The Tribe's territory includes all lands and waters and interest in lands and waters within the Tribe's traditional use area, including such Indian country as may now or hereafter exist within that territory. As soon as practicable after the adoption of this Constitution, the Tribe shall prepare an official map of its territory. SECTION 2. JURISDICTION. The Native Village of Afognak shall have jurisdiction to the fullest extent possible over all lands, waters and people within its territory and members wherever located to the extent such jurisdiction does not violate federal or Native Village of Afognak Tribal law. ARTICLE III. MEMBERSHIP SECTION 1. BASE MEMBERSHIP. Any person of Alaska Native descent whose name appeared on the Department of the Interior roll for Natives of Afognak, Inc. under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act shall be considered to have been enrolled as a base member in the Native Village of Afognak. Any living base enrollee may request in writing not to be so enrolled. SECTION 2. QUALIFICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP. Any blood descendent or adoptee of Native descent of a base enrollee of the Native Village of Afognak and their descendants by blood or adoption may, upon application, be enrolled as a member of the Native Village of Afognak. Upon application, persons of Native descent with historic or ancestral ties to the Village of Afognak may be enrolled on such terms as the Council in its discretion may provide by ordinance. SECTION 3. DUAL ENROLLMENT. A member of the Native Village of Afognak may be a member of another tribe, but shall not be entitled to dual benefits from the Native Village of Afognak and any other Tribe. Page 1 of 10 Constitution-Ratified Aug 12 2002.doc

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