Constitution and Bylaws of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation

We, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation, Montana, in order to establish a more responsible organization, promote our general welfare, conserve and develop our lands and resources, and secure to ourselves and our posterity the power to exercise certain rights of self—government not inconsistent with Federal, State, and local laws, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the Confederated Tribes of the Flathead Reservation.

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"Constitution and Bylaws of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation." The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation. Montana. (http://csktribes.org/component/rsfiles/download?path=Tribal+Council%2FC…, accessed August 21, 2012)

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