ARTICLE II – MEMBERSHIP

SECTION 1. The membership shall be of the following three classes. Each class contains

Subclasses:

• Individual Membership. For purposes of this section, an Indian is a person who is an enrolled member of an Indian Tribe or band, or combination of tribes and bands, recognized by the United States Department of Interior, the Indian Claims Commission, or the United States Court of Claims. Provides both voting and associate non-voting membership options. Individuals that do not qualify for membership for lack of Indian ancestry are admitted as associate non-voting associate members.
• Tribal Membership. Any Tribe, band, or identifiable group of American Indians, Eskimos and Aleuts, recognized by the United States Department of Interior the Indian Claims Commission, or the United States Court of Claims shall be eligible for tribal membership, provided the following requirements are fulfilled:
• A) Substantial number of its members reside upon the same reservation or, in the absence of a reservation, in the same general locality;

• B) It maintains a Tribal organization with regular officers and the means of transacting business and arriving at a reasonably accurate count of its membership; and
• C) It is not a mere offshoot or fraction of an organized Tribe itself eligible for  membership.
• Organization Membership. Tribal, Corporate, and Nonprofit organizations may be admitted to non-voting associate membership upon payment of annual dues as fixed by the Bylaws. Individuals or organizations that participate in subversive activities shall not be admitted to membership nor shall their contributions be accepted.

ARTICLE VI – ELIGIBILITY FOR VOTING

SECTION 1. Annual Conventions

Only paid up members, individual or tribal, with full convention registration fees shall be eligible to vote in any election or on any matter requiring a vote. Each individual member shall be entitled to cast one (1) vote. Each member tribe shall be entitled to cast votes, through its official delegate(s), depending upon the total Tribal enrollment as established in the Bylaws. Proxy voting is not permitted.