Indigenous Governance Database
legal infrastructure
Carcross/Tagish First Nation Constitution
Located in the Yukon Territory, Canada, the Carcross/Tagish First Nation has a population of 609 people, and their constitution was enacted in 2005. MISSION STATEMENT: The Carcross/Tagish First Nation is mandated to protect the environment, health and wellness, education and aboriginal rights of…
Village of Bill Moore’s Slough Constitution
Location: Southwestern Alaska Population: 83 Date of Constitution: 1988
Vanuatu Constitution
Location: Island nation in South Pacific Ocean Population: 243,000 Form of Government: Parliamentary Democracy Date of Constitution: 1980, amended 1981 and 1983
United States of America Constitution
Location: North America Population: 314 million Form of Government: Representative Democracy Date of Constitution: 1789, amended most recently in 1992 Key Facts: the Constitution is not the original governing document for the U.S.; it was adopted when the Articles of…
Ireland Constitution
Location: Europe Population: 6.3 Million Form of Government: Democracy, uses parliamentary system Date of Constitution: 1937, amended most recently in 2012 Key Facts: Ireland fought for and won its independence from England in 1922, although the island split into…
Guatemala Constitution
Location: Central America Population: 15 million Form of Government: Representative Democracy Date of Constitution: 1985, amended 1993
Gabon Constitution
Location: West Africa Population: 1.6 Million Form of Government: Democratic Republic Date of Constitution: 1991, amended 1994, 1995, 1997
Federated States of Micronesia Constitution
Location: Group of islands in western Pacific Ocean Population: 106,500 Form of Government: Constitutional government in free association with USA Date of Constitution: 1978, amended 1990 & 2001 Key Facts: Pacific Islands were often the site of weapons and…
Costa Rica Constitution
Location: Central America Population: 4.6 million Form of Government: Democratic Republic Date of Constitution: 2011 Key Facts: Has large population of residents who are not citizens
Bolivia Constitution
Bolivia is located in South America with a population of 10.5 million people. The constitution was enacted in 2009. PREAMBLE: In ancient times mountains arose, rivers spread out from one place to another, lakes were formed. Our Amazonia, our swamps, our highlands and our plains and valleys…
Yavapai-Apache Nation Constitution
Location: Arizona Population: 2300 Date of Constitution: 1936, as amended 1947
White Earth Nation Constitution
Location: Minnesota Population: 19000 Date of Constitution: TBD Key Facts: Proposed constitution - scheduled for referendum November 2013
Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Constitution
Location: Oregon Population: 4,000 Date of Constitution: 1938, as amended 1992 Preamble: We, the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon, in order to establish a more responsible and effective organization to promote our general welfare, conserve and develop our lands and…
Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) Constitution
Location: Massachusetts Population: 1100 Date of Constitution: 1990, amended 1994 and 1995
Tunica-Biloxi Indians of Louisiana Constitution
Location: Louisiana Population: 26,000 Date of Constitution: 1974
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Constitution
Location: North and South Dakota Population: 16,000 of which 6400 live on the reservation Date of Constitution: 1959, as amended through 2008
Southern Ute Indian Tribe Constitution
Location: Colorado Population: 12,349 enrolled members, of which 8,611 live on the reservation Date of Constitution: 1975
Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Nation Constitution
Location: North and South Dakota Population: 13,177 Date of Constitution: as revised and approved in 2006
Sipayik Members of the Passamaquoddy Tribe Constitution
Location: Maine, very close to the Canada border Population: 2148 Date of Constitution: 2003
Seneca Nation Constitution
Location: New York Population: 7800 Date of Constitution: 1848, as amended through 1993