Douglas Indian Association Constitution

Year

1941

Location: Alaska

Population: 600

Date of Constitution: 1941

Presamble: We, a group of Indians having a common bond of occupation in Arts and Crafts, and the Fishing Industry, including the catching, processing and sale of fish, and the building of fish boats and equipment, belonging to Douglas, Territory of Alaska, in order to promote our welfare through the development and operation of economics and social enterprises’, do establish this Constitution and By-laws in accordance with, and by authority of, the Act of Congress of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 984), as amended by the acts of June 15, 1935 (49 Stat. 378) , and May 1,1936 (49 Stat. 1250).

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Douglas Indian Association

Resource Type

Constitutions and Constitutions Excerpts

Topics

Constitutions

Citation

Douglas Indian Association. 1941. "Constitution and By-Laws of the Douglas Indian Association Territory of Alaska." Juneau, AK.

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