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1 Constitution of the Salt River Indian Community 1 (1990)

handle is hein.amindian/snaclriv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: CONSTITUTION OF THE SALT RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY PREAMBLE We, the Pimas and Maricopas of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, within the State of Arizona, in order to maintain our culture and independence of cur people, to provide the continued self-government of Our community; to encourage the economic well-being of cur people; and to promote the rights of our people and their common welfare, do ordain and establish this constitution for the Pimas and Maricopas of the Salt River Pima-Marica Indian Community henceforth to be known as the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community which shall replace the Constitutions and Bylaws of the Salt River Pima-Maxpa Indian Community approved by the Secretary of the Interior on June U., 1940, and March 18, 1971. ARTICLE I - TERRITORY The jurisdctin of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community shall. extend to all lands within the bcundaries of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community established pursuant to the Act of February 28, 1859 (11 Stat. 401), and Executive Orders, to such other lands as may in the future be added thereto and to all land which may from time to time be owned by the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. ARTICLE ii - MEMBERSHIP Section L Membership ByRi t. The membership of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community shall consist of: (a) All persons of Indian blood whose names appear, or rightfully should appear, on the official allotment roll of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. (b) Any lineal descendant of a member of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of at least one-fourth (1/4) degree Indian blocd, a United States citizen and not a member of any other Indian tribe. Section 2. Membership With Approval Of Coucil. (a) Any lineal descendant of a member of the Salt River Pima-Maica Indian Community possessing less than one-fourth (/4) degree Indian blood may be admitted to membership by a majority vote of the community council consistent with such reuirements as may be established pursuant to Section 4 of this Article and Provided that descendant is a United States citizen and is not en-7l 2d -g a mr1;-a of aily uuie-r inclan Tribe.

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