Mashantucket Pequot Indian Tribe - Tribal Constitution

Amended: September 19, 2012

The tribe makes their constitution available online. The link below will take you to the version of the constitution available on the tribe's website. Please contact the library if you need assistance.

Constitution and By-laws (pdf)

Table of Contents

PREAMBLE
ARTCILE I- Name
ARTICLE II- Powers
ARTICLE III- Territory
ARTICLE 1V- Membership
Section 1.
Section 2.
Section 3.
ARTICLE V- Voting
ARTICLE VI- Tribal Council
Section 1.
Section 2.
Section 3.
Section 4.
Section 5.
Section 6.
Section 7.
Section 8.
ARTICLE VII- Vacancies and Removal From Office
Section 1.
Section 2.
Section 3.
ARTICLE VIII- Referendum & Initiative
Section 1. Right to Petition
Section 2. Referendum
Section 3. Initiative Petitions
Section 4. Tribal Council Referral to the Membership
Section 5. Approval and Effective Date
Section 6. Notice and Voting
Section 7. Contract Clause
ARTICLE IX- Meetings
Section 1.
Section 2.
Section 3.
Section 4.
Section 5.
ARTICLE X- Powers of the Tribal Council
Section 1.
Section 2.
ARTICLE XI- Amendments
Section 1. Proposal
Section 2. Schedule
Section 3. Approval
Section 4. Restriction on Modification
ARTICLE XII- Elders Council
Section 1.
Section 2.
ARTICLE XIII- Mashantucket (Western) Pequot Tribe Endowment Fund
ARTICLE XIV- Periodic Review
Section 1.
Section 2.
Section 3.
ARTICLE XV- Balanched Budget
Section 1.
Section 2.
Section 3.
Section 4.

BY-LAWS
ARTICLE 1- Officer's Duties
Section 1.
Section 2.
Section 3.
Section 4.
ARTICLE II- Quorum
Section 1. Membership
Section 2. Tribal Council
ARTCILE III- Qualifications of Offices
ARTICLE IV- Notice of Meetings
Section 1.
Section 2.
Section 3.
ARTICLE VII- Adoption of Constitution and By-Laws

[Table of Contents created by NILL in September 2015, based on materials available on tribe's website.]