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[[underline]] ARTICLE VII [[/underline]]
Membership Dues

Minimum annual membership dues shall be payable as prescribed in the By-Laws.

[[underline]] ARTICLE VIII [[/underline]]
Services

Section 1. Individual members paying minimum dues shall be entitled to receive the NCAI [[underline]] Bulletin [[/underline]].

Section 2. Member tribes shall be entitled to receive all NCAI publications. Within the budgetary limitations of the organization, or upon special arrangement and/or reimbursement, they shall also be entitled to such special legislative, research, public relations and other services as the organization is able to and may lawfully provide.

[[underline]] ARTICLE IX [[/underline]]

The National Congress of American Indians shall not engage in nor lend itself to partisan political activity.

[[underline]] ARTICLE X [[/underline]]
[[underline]] Amendments to Constitution [[/underline]]

This Constitution may be amended by not less than two-thirds of the total votes cast at the annual convention. Tribal votes shall be taken into account. Any member of the organization may submit proposed amendments by forwarding them to the national office not later than three months prior to the annual convention. All proposed amendments shall be submitted by the national office to the membership not later than two months prior to the annual convention. Amendment of the Constitution shall be considered and acted upon during the first half of the annual convention.

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CERTIFICATE OF ADOPTION

The foregoing Constitution was unanimously adopted on September 2, 1955, at the 12th Annual Convention in Spokane, Washington.

(Seal)             [[underline]] (Signed) JOSEPH R. CARRY [[/underline]]
ATTEST:                                      President



(Signed) VYOLA OLINGER               (Signed) HELEN L. PETERSON
_____________________________     ________________________________   
    Recording Secretary                   Executive Director

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