Indigenous Governance Database
constitution
![Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Nation Constitution](/sites/nnigovernance.arizona.edu/files/styles/resources/public/2022-09/Structuring-Sovereignty-Constitutions-of-Native-Nations-Cover-thumbnail_1_45.jpg?itok=ynsWDViY)
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](/sites/nnigovernance.arizona.edu/files/styles/resources/public/2022-09/Structuring-Sovereignty-Constitutions-of-Native-Nations-Cover-thumbnail_1_44.jpg?itok=YemoRqZR)
Sipayik Members of the Passamaquoddy Tribe Constitution
Location: Maine, very close to the Canada border Population: 2148 Date of Constitution: 2003
![Seneca Nation Constitution](/sites/nnigovernance.arizona.edu/files/styles/resources/public/2022-09/Structuring-Sovereignty-Constitutions-of-Native-Nations-Cover-thumbnail_1_43.jpg?itok=UTswIwx1)
Seneca Nation Constitution
Location: New York Population: 7800 Date of Constitution: 1848, as amended through 1993
![Seminole Tribe Constitution](/sites/nnigovernance.arizona.edu/files/styles/resources/public/2022-09/Structuring-Sovereignty-Constitutions-of-Native-Nations-Cover-thumbnail_1_42.jpg?itok=CuJ0oWOs)
Seminole Tribe Constitution
Location: Florida Population: 2,000 Date of Constitution: 1957
![Santa Clara Pueblo Constitution](/sites/nnigovernance.arizona.edu/files/styles/resources/public/2022-09/Structuring-Sovereignty-Constitutions-of-Native-Nations-Cover-thumbnail_1_41.jpg?itok=U702bDUf)
Santa Clara Pueblo Constitution
Location: New Mexico Population: 4552 Date of Constitution: 1935
![Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians Constitution](/sites/nnigovernance.arizona.edu/files/styles/resources/public/2022-09/Structuring-Sovereignty-Constitutions-of-Native-Nations-Cover-thumbnail_1_40.jpg?itok=4Wl9LBWQ)
Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians Constitution
Location: Wisconsin Population: 924 Date of Constitution: as amended 1991
![Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Constitution](/sites/nnigovernance.arizona.edu/files/styles/resources/public/2022-09/Structuring-Sovereignty-Constitutions-of-Native-Nations-Cover-thumbnail_1_38.jpg?itok=VMEmSuK2)
Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Constitution
Location: Kansas Population: 1200 Date of Constitution: Newest approved December 6, 2007
![Ponca Tribe of Nebraska Constitution](/sites/nnigovernance.arizona.edu/files/styles/resources/public/2022-09/Structuring-Sovereignty-Constitutions-of-Native-Nations-Cover-thumbnail_1_37.jpg?itok=QoPpDHkX)
Ponca Tribe of Nebraska Constitution
Location: Nebraska Population: 3500 Date of Constitution: 1994
![Pascua Yaqui Tribe Constitution](/sites/nnigovernance.arizona.edu/files/styles/resources/public/2022-09/Structuring-Sovereignty-Constitutions-of-Native-Nations-Cover-thumbnail_1_36.jpg?itok=f-JP1l8k)
Pascua Yaqui Tribe Constitution
Location: Arizona Population: 3300 Date of Constitution: 1988
![Osage Nation Constitution](/sites/nnigovernance.arizona.edu/files/styles/resources/public/2022-09/Constitutions%20Resource%20Center_0020_Osage%20Nation%20.jpg?itok=VAFp0BSZ)
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](/sites/nnigovernance.arizona.edu/files/styles/resources/public/2022-09/Structuring-Sovereignty-Constitutions-of-Native-Nations-Cover-thumbnail_1_35.jpg?itok=0sZ4DjhZ)
Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi Indians Constitution
Location: Michigan Population: 800 Date of Constitution: 2012
![NISGA Constitution](/sites/nnigovernance.arizona.edu/files/styles/resources/public/2022-09/Nisga_a%20Nation.png?itok=rLY-RHf9)
Nisga’a Nation Constitution
Location: Gitlaxt'aamiks, British Columbia Population: 6,066 Date of Constitution: 2000
![Klamath Tribes Constitution](/sites/nnigovernance.arizona.edu/files/styles/resources/public/2022-09/Structuring-Sovereignty-Constitutions-of-Native-Nations-Cover-thumbnail_1_27.jpg?itok=0ERqCDya)
Klamath Tribes Constitution
Location: Oregon Population: 3500 Date of Constitution: 1950, as amended 1996, 1998, 2000 & 2011
![Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas Constitution](/sites/nnigovernance.arizona.edu/files/styles/resources/public/2022-09/Structuring-Sovereignty-Constitutions-of-Native-Nations-Cover-thumbnail_1_26.jpg?itok=fxt21T-t)
Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas Constitution
Location: Texas Population: 700 Date of Constitution: 1989
![Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe Constitution](/sites/nnigovernance.arizona.edu/files/styles/resources/public/2022-09/Structuring-Sovereignty-Constitutions-of-Native-Nations-Cover-thumbnail_1_1_0.jpg?itok=r0XsN3_Q)
Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe Constitution
Location: Olympic Peninsula of Washington State Population: 600 Date of Constitution: 1980, as amended 1983, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2011, and 2012
![Ione Band of Miwok Indians of California Constitution](/sites/nnigovernance.arizona.edu/files/styles/resources/public/2022-09/Structuring-Sovereignty-Constitutions-of-Native-Nations-Cover-thumbnail_1_24.jpg?itok=qYL1dr4c)
Ione Band of Miwok Indians of California Constitution
Location: California Population: 750 Date of Constitution: 1996
![Hopi Tribe Constitution](/sites/nnigovernance.arizona.edu/files/styles/resources/public/2022-09/Structuring-Sovereignty-Constitutions-of-Native-Nations-Cover-thumbnail_1_22.jpg?itok=32n2SBS6)
Hopi Tribe Constitution
Location: Arizona Population: 19,000 Date of Constitution: 1936
![Ho-Chunk Nation Constitution](/sites/nnigovernance.arizona.edu/files/styles/resources/public/2022-09/Structuring-Sovereignty-Constitutions-of-Native-Nations-Cover-thumbnail_1_21.jpg?itok=-qLFHZt1)
Ho-Chunk Nation Constitution
Location: Wisconsin Population: 6563 Date of Constitution: 1994, as amended 2000 and 2009
![Haida Nation Constitution](/sites/nnigovernance.arizona.edu/files/styles/resources/public/2022-09/Constitutions%20Resource%20Center_0044_Haida%20Nation.jpg?itok=gJWNrAPB)
Haida Nation Constitution
Location: Haida Gwaii Population: 4,000 Date of Constitution: 2010
![Grand Ronde Community of Oregon Constitution](/sites/nnigovernance.arizona.edu/files/styles/resources/public/2022-09/Structuring-Sovereignty-Constitutions-of-Native-Nations-Cover-thumbnail_1_19.jpg?itok=m7qjAMhu)
Grand Ronde Community of Oregon Constitution
Location: In Yamhill and Polk Counties, Oregon Population: 5200 Date of Constitution: 2002 Key Facts: Terminated in 1956; restored in 1983