ATMAUTLUAK TRADITIONAL TRIBAL ELDERS COUNCIL

             YUP'IK TRIBAL COMMUNITY OF ATMAUTLUAK

                    ATMAUTLUAK ALASKA 99559

                     TEL/FAX 907-553-5610

 

                          RESOLUTION

 

 

WHEREAS;  THE TRADITIONAL TRIBAL ELDERS COUNCIL OF ATMAUTLUAK HAS NEVER CEDED IT SOVEREIGN JURISDICTION BY WRITTEN RESOLUTION OR IMPLIED CONSENT, AND

 

WHEREAS;  FULL LEGISLATIVE, JUDICIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS OF GOVERNMENT ARE WHOLLY VESTED IN THE ATMAUTLUAK TRADITIONAL TRIBAL ELDERS COUNCIL, AND

 

WHEREAS;  THE ELDERS TRADITIONAL TRIBAL COUNCIL OF ATMAUTLUAK SETS POLICY BY CONSENSUS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT SERVICES TO THE SOVEREIGN MEMBERS OF THE TRIBE WITHIN THE JURISDICTIONAL AREA AS DEFINED BY ITS TRIBAL RESOLUTION 86-05, AND

 

WHEREAS;  THE TRADITIONAL ELDERS TRIBAL COUNCIL OF ATMAUTLUAK HAS ADOPTED AND ADHERES TO THE UNIVERSAL DOCTRINE OF HUMAN RIGHTS, THE COVENANTS OF THE CONVENTION ON THE PREVENTION AND THE PUNISHMENT  FOR THE CRIME OF GENOCIDE INCLUDING THE COVENANTS WHICH PREVENT DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN AND CHILDREN, AND

 

WHEREAS;  THE PLENARY POWERS VESTED IN THE TRADITIONAL ELDERS COUNCIL OF ATMAUTLUAK ARE NOW PROTECTED AND SECURED BY INTERNATIONAL LAWS, TREATIES AND CONGRESSIONAL ACTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE TRADITIONAL ELDERS COUNCIL OF    ATMAUTLUAK ASSERTS IT FULL AUTHORITY OVER ADOPTIONS OF YUP'IK CHILDREN UNDER YUP'IK TRIBAL LAWS AND CUSTOMS AND AS RECOGNIZED BY THE UNITED STATES INDIAN CHILD WELFARE ACT, AND

 

FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THIS RESOLUTION IS A FORMAL NOTIFICATION TO  THE STATE OF ALASKA AND ALL OTHER THIRD PARTIES OR CONTRACTORS, THAT ANY INTERFERENCE INTO TRIBAL ADOPTIVE PROCEDURES WILL BE CONSIDERED AS A VIOLATION AGAINST THE SOVEREIGN JURISDICTION OF ATMAUTLUAK TRADITIONAL ELDERS COUNCIL PURSUANT TO ATMAUTLUAK TRIBAL RESOLUTION 86-05 AND PUNISHABLE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE GENOCIDE TREATY .