● We believe the Creator, Great Mystery, God, Great Spirit has made all of us men and women free, sovereign and equal sacred beings.
● We recognize our inherent, ancestral, sovereign rights granted to all people by the Creator, human conscience, international law, Canon Law, Universal Law and legal constructs of reciprocity, and mutuality, which cannot be diminished or extinguished.
● We declare
our Sovereign Ecclesiastic Religion to be from here on forward called and known by all of Turtle Island and all of Creators sacred beings
● We believe ALL LIFE IS SACRED.
● We are All One People.
● We are All One Tribe.
● We are All One.
● We derive from Mother Earth and Father Sky (Soil and Spirit). We are the indigenous people who come from this land and descendants of the indigenous people who lived on this land anciently.
● We are the literal descendants of the indigenous people of Turtle Island and The Entire Planet We call our Mother Earth and our Creator our Father.
● We claim the right to form this Earth Based Religious Church Nation called The Native American Church of Spirit Way Medicine Society. This religious entity is based upon the 7 Grandfather Teachings which are love, respect, honesty, bravery, humility, truth, and wisdom. The ancient Medicine Wheel Teachings of the tribes of Turtle Island and around the World. These ancient prophecies and ancient teachings have been passed down to us through our oral traditions, indigenous customs, sacred ceremonies, and secret ancient record keeping which have been guarded through the ages by our Indigenous ancestors.
● We are ALL related and we are ALL children of the same Creator.
● We affirm the UNITED NATIONS Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples UNDRIP(U.N. Subcommission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, 1994/45, August 26, 1994. E/CN.4/1995/2, E/CN.4/sub.2/1994/56, at 105 (1994)), which finally culminated in the Unanimous Ratification of the Members States and has become part of International Rights Law.
● We acknowledge The American Indian Religious Freedom Act of 1978 (AIRFA) (42 U.S.C. § 1996.) Which protects the rights of Native Americans to exercise the traditional religions by ensuring access to sacred sites, use and possession of sacred objects, plant medicines, and the freedom to worship through ceremonials and traditional rites.
● The fundamentals of our traditions are, as children of the Creator, we are entitled to the freedoms of thought, religion, education, assembly, opinion, speech, movement, our sacred rights of worship and methods of healing, our traditional lifestyle and security within our historical territories, insofar as that freedom does not prevent others from likewise enjoying the same freedoms.
● As Indigenous People we are endowed with the intelligence to govern ourselves in such a manner as to guarantee to ourselves these freedoms, to establish just and right ways to deal with each other, to maintain a tranquil and secure domestic life, provide for defense of these rights when needed, and to insure for ourselves and our posterity the blessings that our culture, traditions, and teachings bring.
● We exercise our Right of Self-Determination, which has been guaranteed by International and Domestic Law, to form The Native American Church of Spirit Way Medicine Society comprised of individuals out of many Federally and Crown-Recognized Tribes and Bands, Non-recognized Tribes and Bands, Native Hawaiian, Native Alaskan, other Indigenous Peoples worldwide, and also from those individuals whom the Church shall see fit to admit by the exercise of our Religion and the administration of our Cultural Traditions and Institutions, whom we recognize as Our People, founded upon the Customs, Traditions, Principles, Religion, Governance, and Belief Systems cited herein, and we ordain and establish this Constitution for the Native American Church of Spirit Way Medicine Society as a religious group/Organization according to U.N.D.R.I.P.
