Indigenous Governance Database
Constitutions and Constitutions Excerpts
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
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Constitution
Location: North Dakota Population: 30,000 Date of Constitution: 1943, most recently amended 2006
Tohono O’odham Nation Constitution
Location: Arizona Population: 33,643 Date of Constitution: 1986
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
Seminole Tribe Constitution
Location: Florida Population: 2,000 Date of Constitution: 1957
Santa Clara Pueblo Constitution
Location: New Mexico Population: 4552 Date of Constitution: 1935
Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians Constitution
Location: Wisconsin Population: 924 Date of Constitution: as amended 1991
Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Constitution
Location: Kansas Population: 1200 Date of Constitution: Newest approved December 6, 2007
Ponca Tribe of Nebraska Constitution
Location: Nebraska Population: 3500 Date of Constitution: 1994
Pascua Yaqui Tribe Constitution
Location: Arizona Population: 3300 Date of Constitution: 1988
Osage Nation Constitution
Location: Oklahoma Population: 13,300 Date of Constitution: 2006 Key Facts: The 2006 Constitution reformed the entire Government structure.
Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi Indians Constitution
Location: Michigan Population: 800 Date of Constitution: 2012
Nisga’a Nation Constitution
Location: Gitlaxt'aamiks, British Columbia Population: 6,066 Date of Constitution: 2000