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Draft Constitutional Amendments

Pursuant to Tribal Resolution 2026-01 the Tribal Board of Directors and the Legal Department are posting the draft constitutional amendments (both in redline and a clean version) along with an executive summary and an initial fiscal impact statement. The tribe welcomes feedback from its citizens. Feedback from tribal citizens will be collected throughout the remainder of the process and can be sent to constitution@saulttribe.net. Please include your full name and your enrollment number so we can verify your citizenship and ensure that your feedback is properly logged to be sent to the board under the timelines in Tribal Resolution 2026-01.

CLEAN 3 Branch Separation Amendments for Public Release

REDLINE 3 Branch Separation Amendments for Public Release

Constitution Amendments Executive Summary

Initial Fiscal Impact Statement 3 Branch Government


 

Sault Tribe Chairperson Aaron Payment was invited to be a TED speaker at the annual CDC TedMed talks Nov. 12, 2015, at the US HHS Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Ga. His talk was about his in depth research into historical trauma in our tribal communities. TedMed is the independently owned and operated health and medicine edition of the world-famous TED conference, dedicated to "ideas worth spreading." TED Talks have been viewed online over 2 billion times around the world.

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