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1 2007 Revised Amended Constitution of the Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope, IRA 1 (2007)

handle is hein.amindian/racicas0001 and id is 1 raw text is: INUPIA T COMMUNITY of the ARC77C SLOPE an IRA Regional Tribal Government P.0 Box 934 * Barrmw, Alaska 99723 Ph: (907)852-4227 or 1(888)788-4227 Fax: (907)852-4246 2007 Revised Amended Constitution of the Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope, IRA PREAMBLE We, the Inupiaq people, by our own sovereign rights being federally recognized as a Tribe, residing principally within the Arctic Slope region of the state of Alaska, including the villages of Anaktuvuk Pass, Atqasuk, Barrow, Kaktovik, Nuiqsut, Point Hope, Point Lay, and Wainwright, having a common bond of occupation and association through heritage, history, language and culture; in order to preserve our inherent sovereign rights and powers; to advance, protect and preserve our common interests as descendants of the aboriginal Inupiat people; to conserve and develop Tribal lands and resources in accordance with Tribal customary and traditional law and applicable Federal law; to establish justice; and to promote effective self-determination, including self-government and to continue forever with the help of God our Creator; do hereby adopt this Constitution pursuant to the Indian Reorganization Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 984), as amended. This Constitution supersedes all previous Constitutions of the Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope. ARTICLE I NAME Section 1.01 Name. The name of this Tribe shall be the Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope, IRA (hereafter ICAS) ARTICLE II Territory & Jurisdiction Section 2.01 Territory. The territory of ICAS shall extend, to the fullest extent possible under applicable law, over all ancestral and traditional lands, air, waters and seas and any interest therein historically used and occupied by the Inupiaq people of ICAS, located north of sixty- eight (68) degrees north latitude beginning from the Chukchi Sea easterly along sixty-eight (68) degrees latitude to one hundred forty six (146) degrees west longitude then north to sixty-eight (68) degrees thirty (30) minutes north latitude then easterly to the Canadian border then north to Demarcation Point, and such other lands, air, waters and seas as may hereafter be added thereto. Section 2.02 Jurisdiction. The authority and jurisdiction of ICAS shall extend to all persons, resources, subjects, activities, and .property within the territory of ICAS not prohibited by federal law, including lands subject to restriction by the United States against alienation. ICAS shall also have jurisdiction over all its members, wherever located and the extra- territorial management of lands, waters, wildlife resources and related activities not prohibited by federal law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Constitution shall be interpreted to diminish or interfere with the government-to-government relationship between the United States and other federally recognized Alaska Native Tribes located within ICAS territory, nor to vest any power, authority, or jurisdiction in ICAS over any such Tribe or such Tribe's members, except by the written consent of that Tribe.

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