Preamble
purpose
A preamble is an introduction to a law or constitution that describes its purpose.
examples
Nez Perce Tribe (1999)
We, the members of the Nez Perce Tribe, in order to exercise our tribal rights and promote our common welfare, do hereby establish this Constitution and Bylaws.
Chickasaw Nation (2002)
We, the people of the Chickasaw Nation, acknowledging with gratitude the grace and beneficence of God, in permitting us to make choice of our own form of government, do, in accordance with the first, second, fourth and seventh articles of the Treaty between the United States, the Choctaws and Chickasaws, made and concluded at Washington City, June 22, A.D. 1855, and the Treaty of April 28, A.D. 1866, ordain, and establish this Constitution for our government…
White Earth Nation (2009)
The Anishinaabeg of the White Earth Nation are the successors of a great tradition of continental liberty, a native constitution of families, totemic associations. The Anishinaabeg create stories of natural reason, of courage, loyalty, humor, spiritual inspiration, survivance, reciprocal altruism, and native cultural sovereignty. We the Anishinaabeg of the White Earth Nation in order to secure an inherent and essential sovereignty, to promote traditions of liberty, justice, and peace, and reserve common resources, and to ensure the inalienable rights of native governance for our posterity, do constitute, ordain and establish this Constitution of the White Earth Nation.
Hopi Tribe (1993)
Preamble. The Constitution is adopted by the self-governing Hopi and Tewa Villages to provide a way of working together for peace and agreement between Villages and of preserving the good things of Hopi life, and to provide a way of organizing to deal with modern problems, with the United States Government and with the outside world generally
Coquille Tribe of Oregon (1999)
Preamble. The Constitution is adopted by the self-governing Hopi and Tewa Villages to provide a way of working together for peace and agreement between Villages and of preserving the good things of Hopi life, and to provide a way of organizing to deal with modern problems, with the United States Government and with the outside world generally