Download or read book On the Drafting of Tribal Constitutions written by Felix S. Cohen and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Felix Cohen (1907–1953) was a leading architect of the Indian New Deal and steadfast champion of American Indian rights. Appointed to the Department of the Interior in 1933, he helped draft the Indian Reorganization Act (1934) and chaired a committee charged with assisting tribes in organizing their governments. His “Basic Memorandum on Drafting of Tribal Constitutions,” submitted in November 1934, provided practical guidelines for that effort.

Download or read book Tribal constitution handbook a guide to writing and revising Tribal constitutions written by Mark C. Tilden and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Tribal Constitution Handbook written by Mark C. Tilden and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This Practical Guide is intended to guide the user through a number of considerations when writing or revising a tribal constitution in order to foster and generate ideas on the kinds of mechanisms that may work for the particular tribe's governance structure." - Introduction (p. 2)

Download or read book Explanatory Memorandum on Drafting of Tribal Constitutions written by and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Drafting a Tribal Constitution written by Bruce Thompson and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Claiming Turtle Mountain s Constitution written by Keith Richotte Jr. and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2017-08-04 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an auditorium in Belcourt, North Dakota, on a chilly October day in 1932, Robert Bruce and his fellow tribal citizens held the political fate of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians in their hands. Bruce, and the others, had been asked to adopt a tribal constitution, but he was unhappy with the document, as it limited tribal governmental authority. However, white authorities told the tribal nation that the proposed constitution was a necessary step in bringing a lawsuit against the federal government over a long-standing land dispute. Bruce's choice, and the choice of his fellow citizens, has shaped tribal governance on the reservation ever since that fateful day. In this book, Keith Richotte Jr. offers a critical examination of one tribal nation's decision to adopt a constitution. By asking why the citizens of Turtle Mountain voted to adopt the document despite perceived flaws, he confronts assumptions about how tribal constitutions came to be, reexamines the status of tribal governments in the present, and offers a fresh set of questions as we look to the future of governance in Native America and beyond.

Download or read book Tribal Constitutionalism written by Kirsty Gover and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2010 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recognized tribes are increasingly prominent players in settler state governance, but in the wide-ranging debates about tribal self-governance, little has been said about tribal self-constitution. Who are the members of tribes, and how are they chosen? Tribes in Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the United States are now obliged to adopt written constitutions as a condition of recognition, and to specify the criteria used to select members. Tribal Constitutionalism presents findings from a comparative study of nearly eight hundred current and historic tribal constitutions, most of which are not in the public domain. Kirsty Gover examines the strategies adopted by tribes and states to deal with the new legal distinction between indigenous people (defined by settler governments) and tribal members (defined by tribal governments). She highlights the important fact that the two categories are imperfectly aligned. Many indigenous persons are not tribal members, and some tribal members are not legally indigenous. Should legal indigenous status be limited to persons enrolled in recognized tribes? What is to be done about the large and growing proportion of indigenous peoples who are not enrolled in a tribe, and do not live near their tribal territories? This book approaches these complex questions head-on. Using tribal membership criteria as a starting point, this book provides a critical analysis of current political and sociolegal theories of tribalism and indigeneity, and draws on legal doctrine, policy, demographic data and tribal practice to provide a comparative evaluation of tribal membership governance in the western settler states.

Download or read book Tribal Constitutions and Native Sovereignty written by Robert J. Miller and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 565 Indigenous tribal governments exercise extensive sovereign and political powers within the United States today. Only about 230 of the native communities that created these governments, however, have chosen to adopt written constitutions to define and control the political powers of their governments. Many observers would no doubt ask how a government can function without a written constitution to guide its formation and operation, and how the rights of citizens can be defined and protected without a written constitution. This essay addresses these questions and many more concerning American Indian and Alaska Native tribal constitutions. It is clear that constitutionalism is nothing new to Indigenous peoples in North America. This fact is demonstrated by the Iroquois Confederacy of the Haudenosaunee people who have governed themselves under an unwritten constitution for many hundreds of years, by the Cherokee Nation who apparently created the first written tribal constitution in 1827, by the many dozens of tribal governments who adopted written constitutions from 1837-1930, and by the hundreds of Indigenous governments who adopted constitutions under the federal Indian Reorganization Act of 1934. This essay examines these facts and more, and addresses whether modern day tribal constitutions adequately serve the needs of native communities and help these communities and their political entities to exercise and protect their sovereignty.

Download or read book Constitution and By laws for the Tulalip Tribes Washington written by Tulalip Tribes and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Constitution and By laws of the Quileute Tribe of the Quileute Reservation Washington written by Quileute Tribe of the Quileute Reservation, Washington and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Constitution and By laws of the Colorado River Indian Tribes of the Colorado River Reservation written by Colorado River Indian Tribes of the Colorado River Indian Reservation, Arizona and California and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book American Indian Constitutional Reform and the Rebuilding of Native Nations written by Eric D. Lemont and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2009-08-17 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1975, when the U.S. government adopted a policy of self-determination for American Indian nations, a large number of the 562 federally recognized nations have seized the opportunity to govern themselves and determine their own economic, political, and cultural futures. As a first and crucial step in this process, many nations are revising constitutions originally developed by the U.S. government to create governmental structures more attuned to native people's unique cultural and political values. These new constitutions and the governing institutions they create are fostering greater governmental stability and accountability, increasing citizen support of government, and providing a firmer foundation for economic and political development. This book brings together for the first time the writings of tribal reform leaders, academics, and legal practitioners to offer a comprehensive overview of American Indian nations' constitutional reform processes and the rebuilding of native nations. The book is organized in three sections. The first part investigates the historical, cultural, economic, and political motivations behind American Indian nations' recent reform efforts. The second part examines the most significant areas of reform, including criteria for tribal membership/citizenship and the reform of governmental institutions. The book concludes with a discussion of how American Indian nations are navigating the process of reform, including overcoming the politics of reform, maximizing citizen participation, and developing short-term and long-term programs of civic education.

Download or read book Constitution and Bylaws of the Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup Reservation Washington written by Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup Reservation, Washington and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Tribal Business Structure Handbook written by Karen J. Atkinson and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive resource on the formation of tribal business entities. Hailed in Indian Country Today as offering "one-stop knowledge on business structuring," the Handbook reviews each type of tribal business entity from the perspective of sovereign immunity and legal liability, corporate formation and governance, federal tax consequences and eligibility for special financing. Covers governmental entities and common forms of business structures.

Download or read book Constitution and By laws of the Quechan Tribe of the Fort Yuma Reservation California written by Quechan Tribe of the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation, California & Arizona and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Tribal Constitutions written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Constitution and Bylaws of the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation North Dakota written by Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: