Council of the Cherokee Nation - File #: CNC-1999

• File #: CNC-1999
• Version: 4
• Name: 1999 CONSTITUTION as amended
• Type: Cherokee Nation Code
• Status: Passed
• File created: 1/1/2014
• In control: TRIBAL COUNCIL
• On agenda: N/A
• Final action: N/A
• Enactment date: N/A
• Enactment #: N/A
• Title: CONSTITUTION OF THE CHEROKEE NATION 1999 (INCLUDES THE 2019 POCKET PART)
• Sponsors: N/A
• Indexes: Constitution, Constitutional Amendment, Constitutional Convention
• Code sections: CN CONSTITUTION OF 1999 -
• Related files: TMP-069, 08-112, 08-152a, 08-152b, 08-152c, 10-114, 11-002, 11-007, 11-019, CNC-1975, CNC-1839, 19-014, CNCA, 24-012

Title
CONSTITUTION OF THE CHEROKEE NATION 1999 (INCLUDES THE 2019 POCKET PART)
Body
Preamble

Article

I. Federal Relationship

II. Territorial Jurisdiction

III. Bill of Rights

IV. Citizenship

V. Distribution of Powers

VI. Legislative

VII. Executive

VIII. Judicial

IX. Election

X. Fiscal

XI. Removal From Office

XII. Employee Rights

XIII. Oath

XIV. Clans

XV. Initiative, Referendum and Amendment

XVI. Supersedes Constitutions of 1839 and 1976

XVII. Seat of Government

XVIII. Adoption

Preamble

We, the People of the Cherokee Nation, in order to preserve our sovereignty, enrich our culture, achieve and maintain a desirable measure of prosperity and the blessings of freedom, acknowledging with humility and gratitude the goodness, aid and guidance of the Sovereign Ruler of the Universe in permitting us to do so, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the government of the Cherokee Nation.

Article I. Federal Relationship

Article I. Federal Relationship

The Cherokee Nation reaffirms its sovereignty and mutually beneficial relationship with the United States of America.

Article II. Territorial Jurisdiction

Article II. Territorial Jurisdiction

The boundaries of the Cherokee Nation territory shall be those described by the patents of 1838 and 1846 diminished only by the Treaty of July 19, 1866, and the Act of March 3, 1893.

Article III. Bill of Rights

Article III. Bill of Rights

The People of the Cherokee Nation shall have and do affirm the following rights:

Section 1.

The judicial process of the Cherokee Nation shall be open to every person and entity within the jurisdiction of the Cherokee Nation. Speedy and certain remedy, and equal protection, shall be afforded under the laws of the Cherokee Nation.

Section 2.

In all criminal proceedings, the accused shall have the right to: counsel; confront all adverse witnesses; have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in favor of the accused; and, to a speedy public trial by an impartial...