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Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon - Constitution

Amended: 1992

The tribe makes their constitution available on the tribe's website.

Constitution (PDF)

Table of Contents

PREAMBLE
ARTICLE I--OBJECTIVES
ARTICLE II--TERRITORY
ARTICLE III--MEMBERSHIP
Section 1. MEMBERSHIP OF ALLOTTEES
Section 2. MEMBERSHIP OF DESCENDANTS
Section 3. ADOPTION
Section 4. LOSS OF MEMBERSHIP
ARTICLE IV--ORGANIZATION OF TRIBAL COUNCIL
Section 1. COMPOSITION
Section 2. APPORTIONMENT
Section 3. TERM OF OFFICE
Section 4. FIRST ELECTION
Section 5. RIGHT TO VOTE
Section 6. TIME OF ELECTION
Section 7. MANNER OF ELECTIONS
Section 8. VACANCIES AND REMOVAL FROM OFFICE
Section 9. IMPEACHMENT
Section 10. RECALL
Section 11. OFFICERS
ARTICLE V--POWERS OF THE TRIBAL COUNCIL
Section 1. ENUMERATED POWERS
Section 2. MANNER OF REVIEW
Section 3. FUTURE POWERS
Section 4. RESERVED POWERS
ARTICLE VI--INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM
ARTICLE VII--BILL OF RIGHTS
ARTICLE VIII--LAND
Section 1. ALLOTTED LANDS
Section 2. TRIBAL LANDS
Section 3. LEASING OF TRIBAL LANDS
Section 4. GRANTS OF STANDARD ASSIGNMENTS
Section 5. TENURE OF STANDARD ASSIGNMENTS
Section 6. GRANT OF EXCHANGE ASSIGNMENTS
Section 7. LEASING OF EXCHANGE ASSIGNMENTS
Section 8. INHERITANCE OF EXCHANGE ASSIGNMENTS
Section 9. INHERITANCE OF IMPROVEMENTS
Section 10. EXCHANGE OF ASSIGNMENTS
Section 11. USE OF UNASSIGNED TRIBAL LAND
Section 12. PURCHASE OF LAND BY THE COMMUNITY
Section 13. METHOD OF MAKING ASSIGNMENTS
ARTICLE IX--AMENDMENTS

By-Laws of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon
ARTICLE I--DUTIES OF OFFICERS
Section 1. PRESIDENT
Section 2. VICE PRESIDENT
Section 3. SECRETARY-TREASURER
ARTICLE II--QUALIFICATIONS OF OFFICE
ARTICLE III--SALARIES
ARTICLE IV--MEETINGS AND PROCEDURE
ARTICLE V--RATIFICATION OF CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS

CERTIFICATION OF ADOPTION

AMENDMENTS

[Table of Contents created by NILL in July 2016, based on code available on tribe's website.]