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1 Constitution of the Ugashik Traditional Village [1] (2004)

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                                       CONSTITUTION                       CR10INAL
                                           OF THE
                             UGASHIK TRADITIONAL VILLAGE

                                         PREAMBLE

 We, the Alaska Natives of Ugashik, 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-governance as an Alaska Native people and to further our common
 political, social, and economic progress, do ordain and establish this constitution.

                                     ARTICLE I. NAME

 This community shall be called the Native Village of Ugashik, Alaska, hereinafter referred to as the
 Ugashik Traditional Village.

                        ARTICLE II. TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION

 The territorial jurisdiction of the Ugashik Traditional Village shall extend to:

       (a) all such, Indian Country of the Ugashik Traditional Village as may exist under federal law;

       (b) all lands within the Ugashik Traditional Village townsite;

       (c) all lands acquired by the Ugashik Traditional Village, including any federal lands held in trust
          for the Ugashik Traditional Village's inhabitants;

       (d) all lands selected by the Alaska Peninsula Corporation for the Native Village of Ugashik,
Alaska under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act;

       (e) any other Indian Country of the Ugashik Traditional Village 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 Ugashik, Alaska shall be members of the
Ugashik Traditional Village. The Base Roll is to be certified by the Tribal council within six months
unless extended by the Tribal council and is to include only those living persons of one sixteenth (1/16)
Alaska Native descent who:

       (a) are domiciled in the Ugashik Traditional Village at the time the Base Roll is certified; or


(b) were born or raised in the Native Village of Ugashik; or

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