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1 Constitution of the Tonto Apache Tribe 1 (1980)

handle is hein.amindian/cttapate0001 and id is 1 raw text is: CONSTITUTION of the TONTO APACHE TRIBE We, The people of the Tonto Apache Tribe, adopt this constitution in order to organize and establish ourselves under Section 16 of the Indian Reorganization Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 984, as amended) to secure the privileges and powers granted by Federal Law, and to exercise our sovereign and inherent powers to provide for an orderly and effective government of our affairs. ARTICLE I - NAME The name of the Tribe shall be the TONTO APACHE TRIBE, hereinafter referred to as the Tribe. ARTICLE 11 - TRIBAL TERRITORY The authority of the Tribe shall extend to all of the territory within our Indian Reservation, as established by the Act of Congress, October 6, 1972, P.L. 92-470, 86 STAT. 7S3, and held in trust for the Tribe by the United States Government, and to all lands which may hereafter be acquired by or set aside for the use of the Tribe. Tribal land, except land purchased for investment and not held in trust, shall be held by the Tribe and shall not be sold, assigned, conveyed or mortgaged, or otherwise encumbered except with the approval of the Tribal Council and as provided by Federal and Tribal law. Tribal land shall not be allotted to individual members of the Tribe, but may be leased to members of the Tribe and other persons in accordance with Tribal and Federal Law. ARTICLE III - MEMBERSHIP Section J. Membership of the Tribe shall include all persons who have enrolled on the official census of the Tribe. Those persons entitled to enroll on such official census are those (a) who were living within ten (10) miles of the city limits of Payson, Arizona, on October 6, 1972, or lineal descendants of such persons who were alive on October 6, 1972, and,(b) who. possess-aZ least one-fourth (1/4) degree Apache, Tonto Apache, Western Apache, Yavapai-Tonto Apache or Yavapai-Apache Indian blood, or combination thereof.

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