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Kialegee Tribal Town Constitution

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Location: Near city of Wetumka in central Oklahoma

Population: 700

Date of Constitution: 1941

Date of Constitution: Originally part of Muscogee (Creek) Nation

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Kialegee Tribal Town. 1941. "Constitution and Bylaws of the Kialegee Tribal Town." Wetumka, OK. 

Huu-ay-aht First Nations Constitution

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Location: British Columbia, Canada

Population: 684

Date of Constitution: 2007

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Huu-ay-aht First Nations. 2007. "Huu-ay-aht First Nations Constitution." Anacla, BC.

Crow Tribe Constitution

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Location: Montana

Population: 12,000

Date of Constitution: 2001

Preamble: We, the adult members of the Crow Tribe of Indians located on the Crow Indian  Reservation as established by the Fort Laramie Treaties of 1851 and 1868, in an effort to enforce and exercise our treaty rights, our inherent sovereign rights, to secure certain privileges and retain inherent powers do hereby adopt this Constitution to create a governing body to represent the members of the Crow Tribe of Indians, to promote the general welfare of the Crow Tribe and to provide for the lawful operation of government.

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Crow Tribe of Indians. 2001. "Constitution and Bylaws of the Crow Tribe of Indians." Crow Agency, MT.

Comanche Nation Constitution

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The Comanche Nation is located in Oklahoma with a population of 14,700 people. The constitution was enacted in 1966, and amended in 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1994, and 2002.

PREAMBLE: Invoking the guidance of Almighty God, we, the members of the Comanche Nation with faith in the purposes of our Supreme Being, with abounding pride in our ancient racial heritage and with the determination to promote, through united efforts, the general well-being of our tribe and to secure to ourselves and our descendants the rights, powers and privileges provided by law, do solemnly ordain and establish this organization and adopt the following constitution.

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Comanche Nation. 1966. "Constitution of the Comanche Nation." Lawton, OK.

Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi Constitution

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The Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi is spread across New England in the U.S. and the Quebec and Maritimes regions in Canada. It has a population of 12,000 and it is not recognized by the U.S. Government. The nation's constitution was enacted in 2002.

The Abenaki People of the St. Francis/Sokoki Band of the Sovereign Republic of the Abmaki Nation of Missisquoi and our descendants, recognize the need to preserve the heritage of our Ancestors, our culture, our history, our language, our ancestral native lands, and our sovereign right to live free and commune with the spirits of the natural world, do hereby establish this Constitution as the Great Law of the Sovereign Republic of the Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi.

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Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi. 2002. "Constitution of the St.Francis Sokoki Band of the Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi." Swanton, VT.

Ireland Constitution

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Location: Europe 

Population: 6.3 Million

Form of Government: Democracy, uses parliamentary system

Date of Constitution: 1937, amended most recently in 2012

Key Facts: Ireland fought for and won its independence from England in 1922, although the island split into two countries, with Northern Ireland choosing to remain part of Great Britain.

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Republic of Ireland. 1937. "Constitution of Ireland." Dublin, Ireland.

Guatemala Constitution

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Location: Central America 

Population: 15 million 

Form of Government: Representative Democracy

Date of Constitution: 1985, amended 1993

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Republic of Guatemala. 1985. "Political Constitution of the Republic of Guatemala." Guatemala City, Guatemala.