Location: Nevada

Population: 500

Date of Constitution: 1966, as amended 1990

Preamble: We, the Ely Shoshone Indians of Nevada, located at Ely, Nevada, to exercise our traditional and historical inherent sovereign powers and to improve the constitution previously adopted, pursuant to the Indian Reorganization Act of June 18. 1934 (48 Stat. 984). as amended, and approved on April 8, 1966; to provide an opportunity for other eligible Shoshone Indians to become a part of this tribe; to conserve our tribal property; to develop our resources; to administer justice; to promote the welfare of ourselves and our descendants, and to otherwise govern the affairs of this tribe; do ordain and establish this constitution pursuant to the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934, as amended.