The Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation of North Dakota is in the process of revising its tribal constitution.
A committee has recommended a number of changes, including the creation of an executive branch and a judicial branch. The executive branch would include the tribal president, formerly the chairman, and a new tribal Legislature, formerly the council. It also calls for the separation of the tribe's business entity from tribal politics.
A draft should be ready by this summer and the committee will take public comments.
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Three Affiliated Tribes' constitution being revised
(AP 2/15)
Revising the Constitution (The Minot Daily News 2/15)
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Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation - http://www.mhanation.com
North Dakota tribe revising constitution
Wednesday, February 16, 2005
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