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Section 6. Special Action. The Executive Council may act by mail ballot upon any matter within its power at any time between annual conventions upon request of the Executive Committee, or upon petition stating the matter to be voted upon signed by twenty per cent of the membership of the Executive Council or upon request of the President or the Executive Director. 

ARTICLE VI 
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 

Section 1. Membership. The executive Committee shall consist of the President, the First Vice-President, the Recording Secretary, the Treasurer, and the ten Vice-Presidents, with the President serving as Chairman. 

Section 2. Powers. During the interval between meetings of the Executive Council, the executive Committee shall have full authority to act for the Executive Council in any way in which the Executive Council would be authorized to act, except that it is not authorized to amend this Constitution, nor to reverse any action taken by the Executive Council. The Executive Committee shall meet at the call of the Executive Director subject to approval by the president or First Vice-President of the NCAI. Any action taken by the Executive Committee shall be immediately reported by mail by the Executive Committee shall be immediately reported by mail by the Executive Director to the Executive Council; provided, that no action of the Executive Committee shall be contrary to this Constitution and By-laws. 

Section 3. Quorum. Eight members of the Executive Committee including either the   President or First Vice-President shall constitute a quorum. 

ARTICLE VII 
MEMBERSHIP DUES 

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

ARTICLE VIII 
SERVICES 

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

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. 

ARTICLE IX 
POLITICAL ACTIVITY 

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

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ARTCLE X
AMENDMENTS TO CONSTITUTION

The 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. 

CERTIFICATE OF ADOPTION 

The foregoing Constitution was unanimously adopted on November 17, 1971, at the 28th annual convention of the National Congress of American Indians, Reno, Nevada. 

Earl Old Person 
President 

Veronica Murdock 
recording Secretary 

Leo Vocu 
Executive Director 

Attest: 
James Cox, chairman
Constitutional Revisions 
Committee, 28th Annual
Convention, NCAI 


As Amended; 
September 2, 1955
November 1, 1957
December 10, 1957 
November 4, 1965
October 2, 1967
November 17, 1971