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constitution was drafted in 1999 that included procedures for voters to remove officials from office, changed the structure of the tribal council, and removed the need to ask the Bureau of Indian Affairs' permission to amend the constitution. The tribe and Bureau of Indian Affairs negotiated changes to the new constitution, and it was ratified in 2003. Confusion resulted when the US Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton would not approve it. To overcome

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