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1 Proposed Constitution of the Native Village of Koyukuk 1 (1989)

handle is hein.amindian/pcnvkykk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES - DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS Juneau Area Office P. 0. Box 3-8000 Juneau, Alaska 99802 July 25, 1989 Mr. Michael Walleri Tanana Chiefs Conference 201 First Avenue Fairbanks, Alaska 99701 Dear Mr. Walleri: On June 28, 1989, we received a memorandum from the Fairbanks Agency forwarding Koyukuk's request to reorganize as an IRA and adopt a constitution. It is evident that the instructions for processing requests for elections to adopt constitutions or constitutional amendments from Alaska Natives that was issued by the Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs on June 9, 1988, were not followed verbatim; however, we plan to proceed with the tribal request in order to abide by the spirit and intent of the recent amendments to the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934. Before we provide the tribe with our analysis and suggestions regarding their proposed constitution, I should point out that we cannot consider this to be a complete request until such time that our office has been provided and has approved a list of the qualified voters of Koyukuk. I notice that you have advised Koyukuk not to resubmit a modified constitutional proposal until it has been reviewed by the Central Office. I sincerely hope that the tribe does not take this advice literally since the main reason for Agency and Area reviews of proposed constitutions is to ensure that the Central Office only has to determine whether provisions of proposed constitutions are in violation of federal law. The following is our analysis and suggestions regarding the proposed constitu- tion for Koyukuk (constitution enclosed): Preamble Since the Indian Reorganization Act of June 18, 1934 was amended again in 1988, you may wish to revise reference to it by stating We, the Alaska Natives, having a common bond of residence in the neighborhood of Koyukuk, Alaska, do ordain and establish this Constitution in accordance with and by authority of Section 16 of the Indian Reorganization Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 984), as amended.

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