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This is temporarily posted here.. to allow people to find this forum... All Ludetribal Information will be relocated to the Heinzist Tribe board.. Because we are changing the name to the Heinzist Tribe..... When the Yahoo geocities site goes dead that will be the end of the Ludetribe...

- DNatureofDTrain

The Ludetribe - Intentional Community

(See replies to this post for the next three click heres.)

Click Here- To Read our Tribal Constitution (We are not a recognized country or nation. However we wanted to operate like one.)
Click Here- To Read about the Entry Process
Click Here- To view the current tribal entry form

Click Here- Read about Heinzism
http://www.heinzism.zzn.com

Click Here- To Read about our Tribal Members
(No link to add for now)

Click Here- To Support our Tribe Through helping individual members, and our affliates.
(No link to add for now)

********Special Notice: Yahoo Geocities is closing sometime this summer. This Ludetribe information will relocate to the same place where my Heinzism Website relocated so, since the Ludetribe is Suppose to be a Manifestation of a Heinzist Community. http://www.heinzism.zzn.com should redirect you to wherever the current Heinzist website is relocated or search Heinzism. *****************
The Ludetribe - Intentional Comunity

This is a new site to please be patient, It will describe the Ludetribe, it's members, Our Goals and our government.

Welcome to the Ludetribe's Webpage. We are still working on the site as you can see, We will slowly develop the site, as we develop our tribe. So far all that is posted on the site are official agreements of the Ludetribals.

First off, if you are looking for a Traditional Native American, or American Indian, Tribe. This is NOT the right place. This tribe is based on the Heinzist Tradition, although the founder does have some Native American Indian Blood, Our Tribe is Not associated nor affliated with any Native American Tribe, Band, or Nation, and NONE of our tribal practices are taken or adapted from ANY Native Tradition of any type without proper authority or permission. We are Heinzist Based, with a mix of modern, and Native like Lifestyle. We do see ourselves as Native.. but we are NON-Traditionalists... although we are welcome to any Traditionalists who feel drawn to teach without our tribal community. But we as Heinzists, or Members of the Ludetribes all believe in have respect for all cultures, races, and religions. And we are not to be affliated or associated with any specific culture or anything other then the Heinzist Traditions. Thank You.
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Location US and Canadian State/Province:
Founded in Wisconsin, USA
Open to people no matter what country they live in.

Our Tribal Intentional Community Summary.

Name: Ludetribe = Living under divine energys.

Many different families. Currently no families, and one tribe.. for now.
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Location US and Canadian State/Province:
Founded in Wisconsin, USA
Open to people no matter what country they live in.

Is still in forming stage
Yes, We are still forming.

Uses Co-housing model
No, we each live in our own communities and houses for now.

Might form an intentional community down the road, or a sancturary.
It depends on tribal descisions

LGBTQ friendly (LGBTQ - Lesbian Gay, Bi, Transgenders or Two Spirit, Queer)

Yes, We are friendly to anyone regardless of their Sexual, and
gender orientation.

Has common/shared spiritual path

Yes, We are practitioners of the Heinzist Tradition,
and non-Heinzists who feel compelled to join us under living
under The Heinzist Way.

Open to visitors

No.

Open to new adult members
Yes.

Open to new child members
Yes, with parental consent.

Has a fee to join community
No, but if we form a Congregation or a church later donations
will be welcomed. There will never be a fee unless tribal members
vote on it down the road.

Rural/Urban/SuburbanRural
Other - We are both Urban and Suburban,

We are Dispersed all around the world...

Some of us may chose to live with other Heinzist communities or
start their own personal families within the tribe.

Financial Style

We do not do anything with finances at this time.

We will not do anything with finances unless a congregation is
established, and nothing will be done without a Tribal Vote.

Percentage of Food Grown

None, At this Stage.

But this does not mean Heinzists that live nearby will not trade
food or items amongst eachother.

Currently We do not use Money, or grow our own food however.

Heinzists will do trading with other Heinzists, and the Gift gifting
between Heinzists, and non-Heinzists will be common... As allowed
within the legal laws. Nothing Illegal will be used to barter or
trade within the Ludetribe. (in accordance to the laws of where the current ludetribal member resides.

All transactions will be done as friend
to friend, and family member to family member.

Number of Shared Community Meals
Not Applicable at this time.

In the future if tribal members in a single area meet offline they
can do community meals as they feel.

Dietary Practice/Dietary Choice Or Restrictions

Diet is up to each individual

"Eat Everything in a Healthy Moderation."

Decision Making Style

By consensus
By the community leader
By majority rule
By a group of elders or other leaders

(It depends on the type of descision and if it effects the entire tribe or just particular families.)

A combination of all of the above...

We have Ludetribe for now until We find others I am the leader.

(I was voted leader, in our last little election.)

Down the road we will vote for other leaders, to lead each individual family.

Those other leaders will be our Elders. Then under them will be
other people...

BUT under then does not mean less then.

Example A: A Political Leader..
who will lead as a host for political topics,
is responsible for education and such on political topics.

Example B: A Christian Preist

Will be someone who will lead the Christian topics.

A Leader or elder is just someone the tribe looks up to in their particular area of speciality. It does not make one better or worse than the next.

All Members of the Ludetribe are expected to be leaders, when they can be, and respectful followers to the leaders they choose.

When we make descisions for our tribe. What will happen is.. Every
member will report to their elder/leader to respond to the vote. The elder will then report to the other elders their responces, and we will
all sit down and discuss each individual members thoughts about the
issue or topic at hand... So this way each individual not only gets
to vote. But gets to verbally or by written way to share their ideas
and thoughts on the topic, or issue. An Elder in many Cases will be
the leader the group choses to lead their branch of Heinzism...
or Lead on certain issues, or other topics based on knowledge and experience.


Example: One Christian Leader May run the Christian heirarchy in their family..


In The Christian branch they may all vote to run it like a traditional church.. and do the Church Heirachy thing.


In the Wiccan branch they may run

their group like a coven. But over all of the groups we will do
consensus regardless of heirarchy and everyone will be involved,
and it will be open for each tribal member to change their family as people change with their spiritual growth.

Educational Style:

Up to the individual and their family at this stage.
We also share information with eachother... We will work on
dispelling sterotypes of each individual spiritual family and group,
and go beyond that and help dispell sterotypes in society, beyond on tribe.

As far as what Religion or Spirituality we are..

We do all of the below:
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Incorporates one or more of these spiritual
Eclectic or Worldly (integrates pieces from many religions)
and Other - The Heinzist Tradition.

So for the Atheist groups they will be an Atheist Elder.. For the

Non-Heinzists of the groups. They can too elect an elder or approach
us as individuals with suggestions, or comments about how to improve
this path, or improve our path's association with non-Heinzists.
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Our LudeTribes's Tribal Understanding.

Our Tribal Philosophy and Services

We the Ludetribals, are a group of beings who have come together to form an "eclectic tribal Extended Family - Like Nation”
committed to building a Strong and a very diverse Spirituality oriented community,
and network for our personal spiritual, emotional, mental, and physical lifestyles.

We are forming our tiny microNation to help support eachother on our spiritual path.

We believe and agree that tribal management is a natural form of gathering and will work best to help those who practice and live by the Heinzist tradition, and aid our function and working as Heinzists.

Our Tribal Benefits

The Tribe works to provide a beneficial eclectic social grouping, which is not based on blood heritage
or affliation, and hereditary family structures, this is based on the Heinzist Tradition to help construct
the support and community between Heinzists, an non - Heinzists of like mindedness, and all involved recieve more love support
and encouragement, from other tribal members. This will also give all tribal members a more natural and accepted rhythm to allow them to live within a natural dance of survival.

Our tribe will recognize the well-being of all tribal citizens.

We all work together to make sure each tribal member remains healthy, in mind, body, and spirit.

This is due to our beliefs in the Golden Rule, and in doing for others, we do for ourselves,

Each individual Tribal Citizen is treat all other Tribal citizens, with the same high respect and honor, that each of the tribal citizens would want themselves, within the tribe, as wanting to recieve.

This is to be sure to aid and benefit that all tribal citizens both within all areas of survival, so that each person's well-being well be of equal importance.

In our tribe there will be a recognition of Spiritual and Physical survival, to help with the needs and fullfillment with functioning in the the daily tribal life.

This means there will be high value on tribal citizens working and helping eachother, as well as developing strong bonds, and relationships,to help fullfill the needs and survival of eachother.

As we work in forming our tribe,

We will have many discussions, about ethics, principles, and agreements..
as they form based on the Heinzist Tradition.

These will be reflected in our Tribal vows and understandings.

The shared vows will lay the tracks for our tribal, train,
and it will help improve the quality of spiritual life for all individuals to improve and grow spiritually.

As we demonstrate through our shared commitment and belief that reflects our understandings and principles.

We will observe how we work to help grow and preserve our natural group, as well as help each tribal individual learn, and grow to be their best in spirit.

Our own knowledge and experiences as a tribe would reflect our tribal and individual understandings, which will bring us promising comfort, and security.

Our Tribal Model

Our LudeTribal model is based on what we call the Heinzist Way,
and focused on uniting people from many other backrounds, to help eachother through our spiritual journey, and learning experiences. This model is to help each of us walk our personal path of truth, but yet remain united under the simplest beliefs of the Heinzist Tradition and path. In this model we are all equal, and all have a voice, and all will have a choice to contribute or not to contribute as we feel a need.

This tribe is overall to help give a family, emotional, and spiritual
support as well as wisdom from many other traditions, paths, nations, and walks of spiritual life. We are here to improve eachothers lives, and the lives of those around us.

One of our greatest challenges will be getting used to the unity in diversity, and not only fullfilling
our own spiritual needs but helping others to fullfill the overall spirituality and growth of our own tribe. Most of us come from a society based on seniority. We will try to function to work together in all things, and foster the true spirit of all of us being one tribal body,
as well as allowing individuals to retain their individuality if they so desire. But even as individuals, and as a body, we will all be working hard to function in pure spiritual unity, and to create a true community around the Heinzist Tradition. This will raise and create a
society for both Heinzists and Non-Heinzists, to hopefully pull together strongly in a community of support and unity.
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We are forming our tribe in this way so we can honor our individual beliefs, and the groups beliefs as a whole, and allow each individual a strong voice, and strong chance to help the rest of the tribe out, as well as to seek out help when they need it.

Most communities in the end break up over unresolved issues, Ones that they can not even seem to Agree to disagree upon..

So it best to our tribal citizens to enter and exit the tribe through a mandatory process, so all tribal citizens including the person leaving has a clear conclusion and hopefully are parting in ways of peace. We
are hoping that most individuals when they join our tribe, are willing to work together to overcome most of the difficulties - by coming to an agreeing descisions, or making the decision open enough for both parties, to agree to disagree, and that this would give room to have little or no reason to leave the tribe.

We Hope to create and function as a legally based religious non-profit, as this clearly shows we are a spiritually

based tribe, based on the Heinzist Tradition. We have come to our conclusions we would function better

as a tribe, due to our eclectic nature. We make will be making choices of a legal basis, and allows us to share our

resources, in a smooth and efficient manner, as well as provides us with a structure that naturally

emphasizes, and reinforces our principles, and philosphies, as our legal basis will be observed and

validated in testing, and trial and error. Our activities should always reflect and uphold our

philosphies, beliefs, and Heinzist tradition.


If In Fact, we do not form as a non-profit we will function as a group of friends,

helping out friends, as just gathering as a club, or extended family.


Our tribe will be unique, as its based on a new Spiritual Tradition that has old fundamentals, and

is not based on lineage, but on agreement and choice. We choose to create a tribe to help transition

our individual and solitary Heinzist Tradition, and path into a group effort, fostering the true belief

that we are all family, all related, and all can successfully learn to live in unity with one another.

We will also learn to form new social habits, learn to work better with each other and fullfill the

Spirituality of all tribal citizens involved.


We will have our discussions with hope and excitement, on how we are gonna share our spiritual resources,

and help improve the quality of life, of all tribal citizens. We will also keep in mind that individual

values, property, and belongings will be respected. As we progress we will develop our agreements about

truth and honesty, and equality. We will use and help from each individual citizen within our tribe, and help support

eachother on our spiritual walks to the best of our ability.


We will learn to deal and help eachother cope with eachothers fears, as well as talk and work through our

individual obstacles. Overtime, we will learn to help fullfill and help eachother out in our spiritual

and social needs, as well as to give those who are less social space and time to themselves when they need it.


We will make sure that each individual has a feeling of freedom, and comfort, and is able to openly discuss

their thoughts and feelings, and function like a tribe, and know we all belong, and all

have our place of being. This will also give us a strong support group to help us cope and deal with living

within, and without the tribe.


Currently this tribe is only spiritually based but as time progresses, we might

be able to help support eachother in other areas of life, our tribal constitution reflects our tribal law, and Heinzist Tradition reflects our Tribal Values.


We know we will do alot of sharing of spiritual resources, and after a formal non-profit congregation has been

established through the Universal Life Church, We may share more on a Physical

level as well to help out our tribal citizens, and partners who are non - citizens, but are friends of the tribe.


All of our tribal citizens are considered part of our spiritual tribe. They will keep all Tribal vows and participate

in our tribal consensus. If they choose not to participate in the tribal consensus and do not like the outcome of the

vote, then they will be expected to remain neutral beyond the outcome.


We hope all members of the tribe will be active tribal members, and continue

to help nourish, and nuture eachother, as well as present and share new wisdoms, offer

their prayers, caring, and support of one another the best they can, and to lend a

listening ear, to eachother.

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Our Ludetribal Vows


Main Tribal Vows.


Our agreements are recognized as our main tribal agreements,

and every citizen within our tribe, must be able to abide by these agreements.

These agreements are non negotiable, although they may be

re-worded by consensus of the tribe, or by an individual of the tribe, and then approved via tribal consensus,

only for better understanding and clarification of terms and meanings.

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We vow to abide by Tribal Vows/Rights/Responsibility

We vow to Make and Keep all Tribal vows

We vow to use Consensus, polls, and Consensus forms as our Choice-making mechanisms.

We vow, for leadership representation decision making purposes, to appoint leadership representatives, through a vote to specific People.


- These purposes will be in regarding individual Spiritual Families.


- A Family for Spiritual or religious groups within the tribe.


(Ex. Christian Family, Buddhist Family, Etc.)


- A Family for seperate rights activists within and without the tribe

(Ex. Peace Keeping Rails, Republicans, Democrats, etc.)


For Purposes of being a Tribal elected Elder


An Honored Elder can be appointed by another Elder within the tribe, or another Tribal Group, through consensus.


(Example Christian Minister recognizing a new Christian Minister, a High Preist or Preistess giving blessings

for a new coven to be started, A Shaman recognizing a new Shaman, or a new Spiritual group recognizing a new spiritual Leader of their group.. etc.)


We Vow that we will serve as legal trustees for the non-profit organization.

(Should an non-profit organization should be formed.)


By Consensus, and vote. .. (In the future if and when a non-profit is able to be established)


Serves as steward of the physical tribal assets


By Consensus, and vote. - Currently No (none applicable)


We Vow to decide by consensus, to vote who serves on the Non-profit Board.

(When and if one forms)


We Vow to decide by Consenses, and vote, to all changes to the Tribal vows.

We Vow to decide by Consenses, and vote, to all choices about the physical assets.


We Vow to be keep an open mind to the possibilities of purchasing, Living on, renting, sharing, or helping to support our Tribal Land.

(We may not actually purchase land as a tribe but use public parks, campgrounds, and make agreements with Tribal partners to pay them for use of their land.)


We Vow to recognize not all members would want to live on or within tribal land, and still can remain active Ludetribal Citizens.

(Currenly no Tribal citizens own or lease, or have a Tribal Land.)


We Vow to Make and Keep Project-Based Agreements

We Vow to remember all projects are and will be volunteer.


We agree to keep all tribal vows and agreements, on the ludetribe yahoogroup until

it can later be invested to work with legal trustees of the non-profit entity which

is the legal construct of the tribe in the "real" world. (If formed)


We recognize that entering our tribe will be a challenge,

after having been raised in a society of seniority.


This will require all of us to transform our thinking,

attitudes, behaviors, habits, and actions.


We therefore place our greatest faith in our belief of All Being Related as One...

...One with all things, and beings, which tribal society is natural and healthy for us all as living beings.


We commit ourselves to making and honoring tribal agreements with one another that reflect the following knowledge:



We Agree all our actions are based on doing the right thing, so I act with respect for all things, and beings

and refrain from acts that are meant to be damaging, malicious, or belittling of the Universal Spirit in any way, shape, or form.


We agree that all power comes with a strong responsibility and that they are inseparable.

(So we ask members not to volunteer for jobs or duties they are incapable of doing, or can not perform in a responsible manner.)


Our Tribal Spirituality Vows


Our Tribe is formed in Heinzist Spirituality, and Heinzism represents the

acknowledgment and agreement between tribal citiznes in knowing we

are all connected as one. This is demonstrated our following actions:


Spiritual Tribal Vows.


Spiritual Tribal Citizens agree to Live by the Heinzist Way:


By Remaining True to Spirit,

By Remaining to others,

By Remaining to your/ourselves.

By Loving one another,

By Respecting the rights of all things and beings.

By doing their best to:

Harming none - Doing that which is right - Living by the golden rule.

And Agreeing to Disagree, for better diverse unity.


Our Citizens (who are able) :

Agree to be physically present for the birth and death of other citizens of our tribe.

(This is optional for long distance members, and of course it all depends on the tribal citizen's wishes on the matter)


They would agree to meet to celebrate the ceremonial transitions of other members of the tribe

(affirmation love ceremonies, initiations, coming-of-age ceremonies, blessings of children, etc.).


They would agree to meet with the whole tribe on during Tribal Agreed Gatherings.

(Tribal intiations would take place at these celebrations, Tribal Elections, Meetings etc.).

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Our Tribal Operation Vows


We agree to be truthful and honest with everyone.

We agree to bring information to all tribal citizens and everyone willingly, freely, and to form

an atmosphere of caring, and sharing of information in a free a fearless manner.


We agree to being truthful means willingly and actively participate in bringing

forward all facts and information which affects the tribe’s, Tribal citizen's, and all individual's

ability to make proper choices, even if is uncomfortable to do so.


We agree honesty is willingly and actively participating to bring forward all internal

information in the forms of thoughts, fears, feelings, assumptions, or attitudes which

affects the tribe’s (or any individual within the tribe) ability to make empowered choices,

even if that information is uncomfortable for oneself or others.


We agree to refrain from the use of gossip, (talking about instead of to),

complaint, (bringing up problems without intention of solving them), and blame

(assigning responsibility where it cannot rest), in our communications and are

willing to be made aware if we are unconsciously doing so.


We agree as a group to question and test the longevity of any ideas, constructs, structures, and social agreements that affect the wellbeing of the group.



We agree that we will treat other tribal members as we wish to be treated. This means that we will not knowingly take action toward or make speech about any tribal member that we ourselves could not accept from another.

This also means that we will refrain from actions toward others which they have told us directly are harmful to them (and which they can demonstrate are harmful according to the tribal vows), provided their request is not in violation to any tribal vows and does not restrict our true expression.

This does not mean others can dictate our behavior, but it does mean that we will clearly respect eachother's stated limits.


We agree to value equally the individual and tribal well-being. When faced with a choice between individual and tribal wellbeing, we agree that we will not place one above the other, and instead will find a solution to decide, and accommodate both.


We agree to give notice, communicate about, and to do our part, voluntarily help out where we can regarding the tribal citizen's and the tribal wellbeing.


We agree that all work must be voluntary and continued indefinately for all parties involved.


We agree that all work must be consensual.


We agree that new tribal citizens must be accepted through full consensus of the existing tribe, and that we will have tribal initiation ceremonies in two parts:


We agree to meet with other tribal citizens, and to learn answers for things misunderstood within the tribe,

and for all citizens to agree to be honest, with their best explanation of the meaning.


We focus our tribal living, at our best, in a joyful, playful, and enjoyable activities and interactions. This not saying we avoid all discomfort, but that we embrace and hold it, so it too, can be changed into a positive experience involving spiritual growth, and of celebration and play.


We agree that we will treat other tribal members as we wish to be treated.

This means we will not knowingly act toward another, or make speech about any tribal member that we ourselves could not accept from another.


We agree to willingly bear our own responsibility for choices we make on decision (without input or influence from the tribe). If a choice we make will affect the tribe or its resources, and therefore we cannot bear our own responsibility for the choice, we agree to seek the proper consensus agreement of the tribe before making the choice.


We agree to willingly participate in consensus, and voting, as the choice-making mechanism of the tribe. This means that each individual member of the tribe has a voice and power equal to the entire group

(all choices must be collectively agreed upon by all before they are implemented).

(If the choices are not agreed upon they keep going through a consensus until they are either agreed upon, or agree to be thrown out, or voted to come back to, by tribal vote.)


We acknowledge the needed elements for the successful use of consensus are:


- Equal Power/responsibility

- Shared Vision


We agree to willingly uphold and honor all agreements we have made and

any others that we make afterwards by using, consensus or voting with the tribe after

this time, and we agree to be confronted by the tribe or any member of

the tribe if we do not uphold our agreements, with the intent of bringing

us back to honoring these agreements or reshaping them through consensus with the tribe

if we can no longer honor them as they stand. (All Confrontations must be done at the appropriate

time, and in an appropriate manner.) We understand that our honored agreements

are our tribal membership. In other words, if we refuse to honor the agreements

we have made with the tribe and/or refuse to reshape them using consensus if

confronted about this, we are voluntarily ending our tribal membership, and

must initiate the departure process as described below.


We agree to place equal value on individual and tribal well-being. When faced with a choice between individual and tribal wellbeing, we agree that we will refuse to place one over the other, and instead find a solution large enough to include both.

We agree to give notice, communicate about, and equalize work according to what we understand and know.

All involvement must be supporting and voluntary for all parties involved.

All involvement must be consensual.(If one chooses not to be involved, then they are considered neutral during the consensus process)


We agree that new tribal members must be accepted through full consensus of the existing tribe.

(And Later down the road, after the Tribe Grows by a Certain Elected Tribal Council)


We Agree to not only do our best to live by our Tribal Agreements, but also to live by the Tribal Constitution,

Our Tribal Constitution, and the Heinzist Way. Are Agreements We agree not to alter, in any manner, way, shape or form, as they are

the founding Elements or out tribe.


We Agree all individuals that are blacklisted or banned, will not have any involvement within the Tribe, or Tribal Activities.

(All Black listed, and Banned members are put onto the list by the Tribal Consensus Process.)


We Agree all Grey listed Members members Are to uphold their agreements, and all tribal Members,

are to honor the Grey List rules regarding what activities suspend, individuals from contact, or activities,

Within the Tribe.


(Example: One citizen is Grey listed to have no contact with another Tribal citizen for their safety, like a restraining order.

For a certain period of time. Another citizen is forbidden to be involved within activities regarding children, if it turns out they have

committed offenses against children. On Citizen is not allowed to have contact with certain religions or spiritual members, or races within the tribe,

due to their involvement in a hate crime, until either the suspension is up, or issue is dealt with. All will be again decided by tribal Consensus.)



We Agree that all who agree to abide by tribal rules, when working with the tribe are accepted as being Tribal Partners.

But they are not actually citizens of the tribe, and will be allowed in certain intertribal votes, and activities.

From here on below are just online charities and group you can visit. Below this point is NOT official Ludetribal Links. Just stuff I as a webmaster is sharing.

If you know of any charity legal charity you want me to add a link to below let me know I will.

I prefer one on one, hand to hand charity more than organizations. I mean personally volunteering myself or helping out myself. To actually do the work.


Meaning you give a couple of bucks to that person that came up short on the

street, or lend 35 cents for a phone call.. that sort of thing .


Or Volunteering at Caritas or the Salvation Army, or raising money in a fund raiser... Doing your own hands on stuff. You do not have any money you can give? Or Materials? Well.. I found some pretty neat site you can visit daily, and sponsors will donate. If everyone on the internet would participate in these click sites. I bet we could make a different the world has never imagined.

(Currently I am the only Tribal Member Left.. It broke apart over disagreements sadly) - DNatureofDTrain
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This is our Official Tribal Constitution
Signed November 24th, 2005
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"We the People of the Ludetribe decide to found a nation upon the
Heinzist Principles, dedicated to help Heinzists and non-Heinzists
alike to form a more perfect union to bring people of many cultures
and backrounds together, to foster a spiritual tribe of caring
loving people, who vow to help eachother out and to do what they can
to bring about positive change to every community they can reach. We
form our nation to learn to live in non-violant ways, and to offer
help and refuge to others, and put an end to hate and discrimination
by reaching out in loving and caring ways honoring unity in
diversity, establish the Ludetribe to be wherever it's citzens may
abide."


Our Constitution

Chapter I State Definition

Article 1 Ludetribal's State People (Citizenship, Language)

(1) Citizens of the Ludetribe are all people who are children of a citizen of the State, who are born into a Family of the State, or who are adopted in through consensus.

(2) The official language in the State is the English Language, and any other language of the citizens.
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Signed: Dana - DNatureofDTrain
Signed: Amanda - Roxie
Signed: Donna Mae - donnat7

Article 2 Ludetribe's State Form

(1) The Ludetribe is a Spiritually Eclectic, a sovereign family, ran by consensus. All entities of the Ludetribe must yield to these principles.

(2) This Constitution is the supreme law of the land; it is directly binding on all Ludetribal authority. The general rules of public international law constitute an integral, inviolable part of the national law.

Signed: Dana - DNatureofDTrain
Signed: Amanda - Roxie
Signed: Donna Mae - donnat7
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Article 3 State Symbols, Capital

(1) The State has the National Colors of Red, White, Black, and Sunset Gold, the State Flag, and seal is our Heinzist Symbol, and we do not have a coat of arms, The Heinzist Sunrise/Sunset Healing Prayer is our the National Anthem.

(2) The State Motto is "Alleh Ace Uno - All is One"

(3) The capital of Ludetribe is the location of where our chair resides.
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Signed: Dana - DNatureofDTrain
Signed: Amanda - Roxie
Signed: Donna Mae - donnat7

Chapter II State Objectives

Note: 4 We currently can not do but this is our goals for down the road.

Article 4 General Constitutional Objectives

(1) The Ludetribe promotes Remaining True to Spirit, Others, and yourself through the actions of Loving One Another, Being Respectful to all things and beings, living by the golden rule, conducting right behavior, and promoting tolerance, and unity by agreeing to disagree with other members, and Nations.

(2) We also encourage justice and universal protection of human rights as individual rights. The State encourages fraternity among its citizens by establishing solidarity, general welfare, and national unity.

(3) The Ludetribe acknowledges the right of the People to national autonomy and self-determination, and the right of minorities to group autonomy.

(4) The Ludetribe promotes:

(a) public health care;
(b) education and schooling;
(c) schemes for social welfare;
(d) preservation and development of culture;
(e) preservation and maintenance of historical objects;
(f) environmental protection, intergenerational equity, and the protection of nature for its intrinsic value including the protection of nature's right;
(g) natural and social sciences.
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Signed: Dana - DNatureofDTrain
Signed: Amanda - Roxie
Signed: Donna Mae - donnat7

Article 5 Ludetribe State Security

(1) The Ludetribe promotes worldwide peace. Acts undertaken to prepare war or to otherwise disturb the peaceful relations between nations are unconstitutional.

(2) The Ludetribe takes adequate measures to preserve its integrity even in the state of war or civil war.

(3) The Ludetribe protects the People against terrorism, extremism, discrimination, and catastrophes.
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Signed: Dana - DNatureofDTrain
Signed: Amanda - Roxie
Signed: Donna Mae - donnat7

Chapter III State Organization

Part I General Organization

Article 6 Ludetribal Elections

(1) Absent of special provisions, elections are universal, direct, free, equal, and can be secret, or private.

(2) Elections are always free and equal.

(3) Elections are can be secret or public if a person eligible who proposed the vote or be elected so demands.

(4) Elected representatives and Family representatives are only bound by their conscience. They are servants of all, not only of their constituents.

(5) Elections will always be held by consensus, and proposals of the Board of Directors (Each Family leader)
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Signed: Dana - DNatureofDTrain
Signed: Amanda - Roxie
Signed: Donna Mae - donnat7

Article 7 Organizational Principles

Note: Not sure if (1) is going to be official as we will be running everything on consensus.. Some consensus will only effect a Family level, others effect the National Family which will make decisions for the whole tribe..

We are still in the process of forming our tribal government.

(1) The Ludetribe separates executive, legislative, and adjudicative powers. Offices in different powers are incompatible with each other (horizontal incompatibility). Offices in national entities are incompatible with any public office on a lower level (vertical incompatibility) and with any other salaried office, private or public (economic incompatibility). Political offices are incompatible with active duty in the armed forces (military incompatibility).

(2) The State acknowledges national family, Family, and local autonomy.

(3) Autonomy is bound to the principle of democratic organization.
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Signed: Dana - DNatureofDTrain
Signed: Amanda - Roxie
Signed: Donna Mae - donnat7

Article 8 Decentralization, Mutual Assistance

(1) Ludetribes powers belong to the Families if not assigned to the national entities by this Constitution.

(2) The Families are bound to convey powers to the Communes if adequate use of those powers is possible on the local level (self- government).

(3) All powers of the Ludetribe have to render each other legal and administrative assistance.
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Signed: Dana - DNatureofDTrain
Signed: Amanda - Roxie
Signed: Donna Mae - donnat7

Article 9 Family Council

(1) The Families are represented in the Family Council.

(2) The Family Council consists of the appropriate number of representatives for each Family. Each Family is represented in proportion to its share of citizens eligible to vote; at least by 1 representative for every 12 Family members.

(3) Members of the Family Council serve for a term of 1 years; they may be re-elected unlimited times.

(4) Every 1 years, the Families will revote on their Family representative, to serve on the Family council.
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Signed: Dana - DNatureofDTrain
Signed: Amanda - Roxie
Signed: Donna Mae - donnat7

Article 10 Ludetribes National Powers

(1)Ludetribe powers belong to the national entities for the following subject matters:

(a) Family defense,
(b) foreign relations,
(c) economic regulations,
(d) infrastructure and traffic,
(e) taxation,
(f) solidarity systems,
(g) private, criminal, and procedural law,
(h) educational and other standards,
(i) and all other subject matters which by their very nature or as a corollary to the subjects listed have to be centralized on the national level.

(2) The Ludetribe may give up sovereign powers, to host Countries, to international or supranational bodies, including systems of mutual collective security and trade organizations, as long as it retains an adequate representation in those bodies and those bodies guarantee sufficient legal protection for the Citizens

Note: Most of what is done in the Ludetribe if any criminal acts have broken the laws of the host countries of where the Ludetribal currently resides.. they will be dealt with in the Host countries legal system, if they just broke a law here it will be deal with on the National Family Council, or possibly a Peace Keeping Rail Council. Our Peace Keeping Rails are our law enforcement.
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Signed: Dana - DNatureofDTrain
Signed: Amanda - Roxie
Signed: Donna Mae - donnat7

Part II Representation of the State

Article 11 Head of Ludetribe State

(1) The Chair (President) is the head of tribe. He or she has the right of pardon, to conduct foreign affairs, and to all other representative functions of the Tribe.

(2) The Vice - Chair (President) and Vice - Chair (Vice-President) are elected by the Family Council with precedence over all proposals.

(3) Every resident citizen with the right to vote who has attained the age of 18 is eligible for the office of Chair (President) or Vice - Chair (Vice-President.)

(4) Before taking office, Chair (President) and Vice - Chair, Family Leaders take the following Oath or Affirmation: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute this office, honoring and protecting the Constitution of the State."

(5) The Chair (President) shall not be held accountable for actions performed in the exercise of his office except in the case of high treason, may be indicted only by the Family Council, and shall be tried only by the Family Council.
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Signed: Dana - DNatureofDTrain
Signed: Amanda - Roxie
Signed: Donna Mae - donnat7

Part III Executive Power

Article 12 National Government, Chair (President)

(1) The executive power of the Ludetribe is vested in the Family council. It includes diplomatic affairs.

(2) The Chair (President) is the head of the Family council. The Chair(President) allows each Family to choose via consensus, who serves as members of the Family council.

(3) The Chair (President) may fill in as the Commander in Chief of The Peace Keeping Rails.( http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pkrg/ )
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Signed: Dana - DNatureofDTrain
Signed: Amanda - Roxie
Signed: Donna Mae - donnat7

Article 13 Impeachment

An impeachment of the Chair (President) by the Family Council takes the form of a new Chair (presidential) election.

Signed: Dana - DNatureofDTrain
Signed: Amanda - Roxie
Signed: Donna Mae - donnat7

Article 14 Family Equalization of Finances

The State provides for an overall equalization of finances, giving due consideration to the families' repective debts, burdens, economic power, and infrastructural responsibilities.
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Signed: Dana - DNatureofDTrain
Signed: Amanda - Roxie
Signed: Donna Mae - donnat7

Part IV Legislative Power

Article 15 National Family Council (Parliament)

(1) The legislative power is vested in the National Family Council.
(2) The National Family Council consists of Family council representative members. Members of the National Family are residents publicly elected by the all citizens. Each Family council elects among its residents in proportion elect 1 Family Leader for every 12 Family citizens eligible to vote. Their office ends after a one-year term or when they lose their electoral rights.

(3) Everyone eligible to vote has recourse to the Family Council for scrutiny of the elections.

(4) The national Family council draws up its own rules of procedures and elects a Family Leader Leaders and to serve as Board of Directors.

(5) Decisions of the National Family require a majority of the votes cast (simple majority) unless this Constitution provides otherwise.
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Signed: Dana - DNatureofDTrain
Signed: Amanda - Roxie
Signed: Donna Mae - donnat7

Article 16 Rights of Members of National Family Council

(1) Members of National Family Council are only bound by their conscience.

(2) Members of National Family Council may not be subjected to court proceedings or disciplinary action for a vote cast or a statement made by them in the National Family Council or in any of its committees (Indemnity).

(3) Members of National Family Council may not be called to account or be arrested except by permission of the National Family Council (Immunity).

(4) Members of National Family Council are entitled to adequate remuneration ensuring their independence. The remuneration may not
be altered for the present term.
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Signed: Dana - DNatureofDTrain
Signed: Amanda - Roxie
Signed: Donna Mae - donnat7

Article 17 Lawmaking Process

(1) Bills can be introduced only by the National Family Council or by Family leaders (Public Initiative). Bills can specify the additional requirement of a public referendum after they have been voted upon.

(2) The Family Council has to be informed immediately of any bill introduced. Members of the Family Council have the right to be heard during sessions according to the same rules as govern the participation of National Family Council.

(3) Laws altering this Constitution require two thirds of the votes cast (qualified majority), at least the votes of a majority of the National Family Council (absolute majority). All laws are void if they are unconstitutional.

(4) Laws have to specify their effective date. They are countersigned without scrutiny by the National Family Council, Chair and promulgated in the Official National Publication.

(5) Bills can be submitted to a referendum if provided by National Family Council decision or as part of the initiative.
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Signed: Dana - DNatureofDTrain
Signed: Amanda - Roxie
Signed: Donna Mae - donnat7

Article 18 Budget?

(1) The bill for the yearly budget law is introduced by the Chair/President.

(2) Budget laws are not subjected to referendums.
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Signed: Dana - DNatureofDTrain
Signed: Amanda - Roxie
Signed: Donna Mae - donnat7

Article 19 Treaties

(1) The Chair(president) signs treaties with other states.

(2) The members within the power of the National Family Council includes the power to ratify treaties with other states.

(3) Treaties not ratified within six months have to be revisited and confirmed by the President.?
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Signed: Dana - DNatureofDTrain
Signed: Amanda - Roxie
Signed: Donna Mae - donnat7

Article 20 National Ordinances

(1) Laws may empower National Ministers to adopt National Ordinances regarding a specified subject matter.

(2) National Ordinances do not require ratification by National Family Council.
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Signed: Dana - DNatureofDTrain
Signed: Amanda - Roxie
Signed: Donna Mae - donnat7

Article 21 State of Emergency

(1) In cases of grave and immediate threat to the existence of the State, the Chair (President) may take necessary measures of defense.

(2) All emergency measures must be confirmed or revoked by the National Family Council at the earliest time possible. The Chair (President) is bound by the National Family Councils' decisions.
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Signed: Dana - DNatureofDTrain
Signed: Amanda - Roxie
Signed: Donna Mae - donnat7

Article 22 Ombudsman

The National Family Council Ombudsman safeguards fundamental rights and liberties and controls the compliance of all state powers with the provisions of this Constitution.
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Signed: Dana - DNatureofDTrain
Signed: Amanda - Roxie
Signed: Donna Mae - donnat7

Part V Adjudicative Power

Article 23 Independent Courts

(1) The adjudicative power is vested in independent courts.

(2) Judges are citizens elected by National Family Council. They are independent. Their office ends at time of retirement or when they lose their electoral rights.
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Signed: Dana - DNatureofDTrain
Signed: Amanda - Roxie
Signed: Donna Mae - donnat7

Article 24 Supreme Court Council

(1) The Supreme Court Council decides issues involving this Constitution. In particular, the Supreme Court council has jurisdiction over:

a) disputes between Family entities concerning their respective rights and duties under this Constitution;
b) challenges of a national or Family entity, a Court in the course of its determination, or a third of the Members of National Family Council against the constitutionality of a law;
c) claims of individuals regarding violations of their constitutional rights;
d) popular complaints about the violation of fundamental rights;
e) challenges of an act of a state power by the Ombudsman;
f) cases on appeal from National Courts as the Supreme Court deems necessary to review;
g) all other cases assigned to its jurisdiction by law.

(2) Decisions of the supreme court are directly binding for all entities of the Family.

(3) The office of Supreme Court Justices does not exceed a period of 15 years.
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Signed: Dana - DNatureofDTrain
Signed: Amanda - Roxie
Signed: Donna Mae - donnat7

Article 25 National Courts

(1) National courts have supreme jurisdiction over review and other matters assigned to it by law.
(2) Separate national courts shall be established for private law, penal law, and general public law.
(3) The supreme court decides by extraordinary review in cases of inconsistent application of the law by different national courts.

Signed: Dana - DNatureofDTrain
Signed: Amanda - Roxie
Signed: Donna Mae - donnat7

Chapter IV Fundamental Rights

Part I General Provisions

Article 26 Human Rights

(1) The State acknowledges liberty and equality of all humans.
(2) Human dignity, for every citizen, must be respected in any case.
(3) Everyone is free to do or not to do whatever he or she chooses. Everyone is responsible for acts freely chosen.
(4) Slavery is abolished.
(5) Every citizen has a right to be free of ALL negative discrimination.
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Signed: Dana - DNatureofDTrain
Signed: Amanda - Roxie
Signed: Donna Mae - donnat7

Article 27 Applicability

(1) Fundamental rights apply to natural persons, domestic and foreign, who are assigned these rights. They apply to legal persons, domestic and foreign, where, and to the extent that, the nature of the rights permits.

(2) Fundamental rights are inviolable and inalienable. They include the freedom not to make use of them (negative freedom). Their exercise may, in single instances, be waved by free and responsible declaration of the right holder, but such declaration is never binding for future instances.
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Signed: Dana - DNatureofDTrain
Signed: Amanda - Roxie
Signed: Donna Mae - donnat7

Part II Liberties and Property

Section I Integrity

Article 28 Personal Integrity

(1) Everyone has the right to life and bodily integrity.

(2) Everyone has the right to remain free (personal freedom).

(3) All citizens are free to reside anywhere in, move throughout, enter, and leave the Territory.

(4) Capital and corporal punishment are abolished.
(5) Torture is prohibited.
(6) Every citizen has a right to decide if they will remain within a Family, or break off and start their own Family, join another family, or remain independant.
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Signed: Dana - DNatureofDTrain
Signed: Amanda - Roxie
Signed: Donna Mae - donnat7

Article 29 Property Integrity and Related Rights

(1) Everyone has the right to acquire, own, possess, exclusively use, and convey private property.

(2) Property may not be taken.
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Signed: Dana - DNatureofDTrain
Signed: Amanda - Roxie
Signed: Donna Mae - donnat7

Article 30 Right to Testify and Inherit Everyone has the right to testify and inherit.
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Signed: Dana - DNatureofDTrain
Signed: Amanda - Roxie
Signed: Donna Mae - donnat7

Section II Religious Freedom

Article 31 Freedom of Religion and Belief

(1) Everyone has the right to choose and practice his or her religion, creed, conscience, faith, confession, and belief.

(2) Everyone can refuse to give religious instructions.

(3) Everyone can, on the basis of conscience, refuse to serve in Peace Keeping Rails.
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Signed: Dana - DNatureofDTrain
Signed: Amanda - Roxie
Signed: Donna Mae - donnat7

Section III Freedom of Communication

Article 32 Freedom of Expression and Information

(1) Everyone has the right to freely express and disseminate his or her opinions.

(2) The Freedom of the press and other media is guaranteed.
(3) Everyone has the right to freely retrieve information from publicly available sources.
(4) Censorship is abolished.
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Signed: Dana - DNatureofDTrain
Signed: Amanda - Roxie
Signed: Donna Mae - donnat7

Article 33 Right to Assemble and Associate

(1) Everyone has the right to peacefully assemble.

(2) Everyone has the right to associate with others. This includes association in political parties.
(3) Every adult has the right to marry one, or partners, regardless of gender, or sexual orientation.
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Signed: Dana - DNatureofDTrain
Signed: Amanda - Roxie
Signed: Donna Mae - donnat7

Article 34 Right to Privacy

(1) Everyone has the right to privacy.

(2) The home is inviolable.

(3) The privacy of letters as well as the secrecy of mail and telecommunication are inviolable.
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Signed: Dana - DNatureofDTrain
Signed: Amanda - Roxie
Signed: Donna Mae - donnat7

Section IV Freedom of Profession and Activities
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Article 35 Freedom of Profession

(1) All citizens have the right to freely choose their occupation, their place of work, and their place of study or training.

(2) There is no duty to work. Forced labor is prohibited.

(3) If a citizen wants something they must work for it, or make a fair trade, unless it is freely given.
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Signed: Dana - DNatureofDTrain
Signed: Amanda - Roxie
Signed: Donna Mae - donnat7

Article 36 Freedom of Research, Science, and Teaching

(1) Everyone has the right to research and conduct science.

(2) Everyone has the right to perform arts.

(3) Everyone has the right to teach and to found private schools.

(4) Everyone has the right to lead and teach about their religion, or spiritual tradition.
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Signed: Dana - DNatureofDTrain
Signed: Amanda - Roxie
Signed: Donna Mae - donnat7

Section V Political Rights
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Article 37 Electoral Rights

(1) All resident adults have the equal right to vote and to be elected. In national Family elections, only citizens have this right.

(2) There is no compulsory voting.

(3) Anyone who has attained the age of eighteen years is an adult.
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Signed: Dana - DNatureofDTrain
Signed: Amanda - Roxie
Signed: Donna Mae - donnat7

Article 38 Right to Petition

(1)Everyone has the right to address written petitions to the competent agencies, to governments, and to National Family Council, and the Family Councils.
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Signed: Dana - DNatureofDTrain
Signed: Amanda - Roxie
Signed: Donna Mae - donnat7

Article 39 Freedom of Citizenship

(1) Citizens can at any time give up their citizenship.

(2) Citizens may at no time be forced to give up their citizenship, unless the tribe has elected to vote to revoke their citizenship due to threatening, abusive, or bad behavior.

(3) Citizens maybe voted out of individual Families.

(4) Citizens may or may not participate in a Family. All non Family members are automatically put into the Family of the Ludetribe's current chair.
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Signed: Dana - DNatureofDTrain
Signed: Amanda - Roxie
Signed: Donna Mae - donnat7

Article 40 Right to Self-Determination and Resistance

(1) Everyone has the right to collective self-determination including the right to decide about membership in Family or local entities. The State guarantees these rights through adequate powers of decentralized Family, National Family Council, and local governments.

(2) All citizens have the right to civil disobedience and resistance against attempts to abolish this constitutional order, should no other remedy be available.
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Signed: Dana - DNatureofDTrain
Signed: Amanda - Roxie
Signed: Donna Mae - donnat7

Article 41 Right to Found Political Parties

(1) Everyone has the right to found political parties respecting the principles of secularity, sovereignty, and democracy.
(2) Everyone is free to carry on political activities in or with such parties.
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Signed: Dana - DNatureofDTrain
Signed: Amanda - Roxie
Signed: Donna Mae - donnat7

Section VI Other Liberties
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Article 42 Freedom of Procreation and Childrearing

(1) Everyone has the right to procreation.
(2) Parents have the right to bringing up and educating their children. They have the right to decide about their children's participation in religious instructions.
(3) The mother has the right to freedom of choice over her reproductive rights
a. A right to have an abortion
b. A right to Not have an abortion
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Signed: Dana - DNatureofDTrain
Signed: Amanda - Roxie
Signed: Donna Mae - donnat7

Part III Equality
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Article 43 Equality

(1) All humans are equal before the law (general equality).

(2) Matrimonial equality and legitimacy equality are guaranteed.

(3) All citizens are equally eligible for public office according to their professional aptitude.
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Signed: Dana - DNatureofDTrain
Signed: Amanda - Roxie
Signed: Donna Mae - donnat7

Article 44 Prohibition of Discrimination and Privileges

(1)No person may be discriminated against or privileged on the basis of sex, origin, race, gender, language, parentage, clan, gang, band, society, lodge, division, family, intellect, religions, species, origins, disabilities, or sexual orientation.

(2) Measures for the advancement of persons are admissible to remedy past discrimination (affirmative action).
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Signed: Dana - DNatureofDTrain
Signed: Amanda - Roxie
Signed: Donna Mae - donnat7

Article 45 Abolishment of Nobility

(1) No title of nobility is granted by the State. Titles of nobility are no longer part of the family name. Each individual Family, may however use titles, within their Family.
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Signed: Dana - DNatureofDTrain
Signed: Amanda - Roxie
Signed: Donna Mae - donnat7

Part IV Right to Protection
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Article 46 Special Protection

(1) Protection of human dignity is a duty of the State.

(2) The institution of marriage has the special protection of the State.

(3) Families, mothers, and minors have the special protection of the State.

(4) Everyone persecuted on political grounds has the right to asylum.
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Signed: Dana - DNatureofDTrain
Signed: Amanda - Roxie
Signed: Donna Mae - donnat7

Part V Welfare Rights
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Article 47 Special Support

(1) Everyone has the right to livelihood, health care, shelter, and education.
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DNatureofDTrain (2) possibly more added here or some deleted or changed. If the child is old enough to choose.. let them chose who to live with..
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Signed: Dana - DNatureofDTrain
Signed: Amanda - Roxie
Signed: Donna Mae - donnat7

Part VI Procedural Rights
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Article 48 Access to courts

(1) Everyone has free recourse to the courts.

(2) Everyone has the right to a constitutional judge. Extraordinary courts are not allowed.

(3) Persons and groups have recourse to the court acting for other right holders not being in a position to seek relief in their own name (third party standing).
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Signed: Dana - DNatureofDTrain
Signed: Amanda - Roxie
Signed: Donna Mae - donnat7
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Article 49 Fair Trial

(1) Everyone has the right to a fair trial. Evidence obtained illegally is inadmissible. Everyone has the right of access to all Family information required for the exercise or protection of any of his or her rights (file access).

(2) Everyone has the right to trial by Family Council, or National Family Council.

(3) No one may be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law.

(4) No law shall be passed stipulating regulations of the past without due compensation for all losses (ex post facto law).
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Signed: Dana - DNatureofDTrain
Signed: Amanda - Roxie
Signed: Donna Mae - donnat7
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Article 50 Criminal Justice

(1) No act may be punished unless it constituted a criminal offence under the law before having been committed (nulla poena sine lege). No one may be punished for the same act more than once (double jeopardy).

(2) Only judges may indict or subpoena persons or issue warrants for arrest or search.

(3) Everyone accused or arrested enjoys the right

(a) to a speedy and public trial,
(b) to be presumed innocent until proven guilty,
(c) not to be a witness against himself,
(d) promptly to be informed about the reason of accusation or detention and about the right to be silent (Miranda rights),
(e) to counsel for defense,
(f) to communicate with next-of-kin, partner, and legal, medical, and religious counselor,
(g) to be released no later than 24 hours after the arrest if not further detended after court hearing, and
(h) to redress in case of false imprisonment.
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Signed: Dana - DNatureofDTrain
Signed: Amanda - Roxie
Signed: Donna Mae - donnat7
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Article 51 Prohibition of Extradition

No citizen may be extradited to a foreign country, unless they lose their tribal citizenship

Signed: Dana - DNatureofDTrain
Signed: Amanda - Roxie
Signed: Donna Mae - donnat7

Chapter V Individual Restrictions

Part I General Provisions

Article 52 Admissible Restrictions

(1) The State can apply restrictions on individual rights only for the purpose of protecting individual rights of other persons or furthering other state interests explicitly mentioned in this Constitution (constitutional interest).

(2) Any restriction on individual rights must be competent and narrowly tailored to further the constitutional interest. Such restriction must be an adequate means to achieve the purpose of furthering the constitutional interest. In no case may the essence of a fundamental right be infringed.

(3) Any restriction must apply generally and not solely to an individual case.
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Signed: Dana - DNatureofDTrain
Signed: Amanda - Roxie
Signed: Donna Mae - donnat7

Article 53 Special Restrictions

(1) Possession and use of drugs resulting in strong and imminent danger for the general public is prohibited.

(2) Possession and use of firearms and other weapons without a permit is prohibited.
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Signed: Dana - DNatureofDTrain
Signed: Amanda - Roxie
Signed: Donna Mae - donnat7

Part II Duties

Article 54 General Duties

(1) Parents have the duty to rear and educate their minor children.

(2) Adults have the duty to support and assist their parents if they are in need.

(3) Parents and children have the duty to ensure that minors attend public schools or equivalent institutions (compulsory schooling). Vocational schools and certified private schools are equivalent to public schools.

(4) Family Members have the duty of helping and supporting their Family

(5) All Citizens have the duty to help and support each other as much as they are able.

(6) Parents, Family, and Tribal Citizens Need to be responsible for training their children
a. to become independant
b. to have good survival skills
c. to have good morals, values, and character.
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Signed: Dana - DNatureofDTrain
Signed: Amanda - Roxie
Signed: Donna Mae - donnat7
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Article 55 Civil Service?

(1) Every citizen of age may chose to serve one year, in the Peace Keeping Rails, Public services, in the unarmed civil services, or in equivalent non-profit services.

(2) Whoever is unable to serve is liable to compensate the community.
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Signed: Dana - DNatureofDTrain
Signed: Amanda - Roxie
Signed: Donna Mae - donnat7

Part III Burdens

Article 56 Taxation

(1) The Ludetribe levies volunteer taxes from the citizens.

(2) The Ludetribe levies volunteer taxes from the Families.

(3) The Ludetribe requires those who are benefitting from a certain program, if are capable, to pay taxes on those programs.
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Signed: Dana - DNatureofDTrain
Signed: Amanda - Roxie
Signed: Donna Mae - donnat7
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Part IV State Monopolies

Article 57 Monopolies on objects
No one but the Tribe may own heavy weapons or ultra-hazardous material.
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Signed: Dana - DNatureofDTrain
Signed: Amanda - Roxie
Signed: Donna Mae - donnat7
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Note: We will just use the money of our HOST nation until further down the road... This needs to be revisited and voted on as well.

Article 58 Monopolies on activities

(1) No one but the Tribe may coin or print money.
(2) The State retains the monopoly on mail and telecommunication networks.?
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Signed: Dana - DNatureofDTrain
Signed: Amanda - Roxie
Signed: Donna Mae - donnat7
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Part V Forfeiture of Fundamental Rights

Article 59 Forfeiture of Rights

(1) Persons and political parties who abuse fundamental rights in order to combat the free democratic basic order forfeit these rights.

(2) Such forfeiture and the extent thereof is determined by the Supreme Court Council.
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Signed: Dana - DNatureofDTrain
Signed: Amanda - Roxie
Signed: Donna Mae - donnat7

Article 60 Deprivation of Electoral Rights
By final court order, the right to vote and to be elected can, partially or at large, temporarily or unlimited, be suspended if an adult

(a) has not the requisite mental capacity for any legal responsibility or

(b) has irrevocably been sentenced to at least one year of imprisonment.
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Signed: Dana - DNatureofDTrain
Signed: Amanda - Roxie
Signed: Donna Mae - donnat7

From the Results of the Entry Consensus Form
These are our Tribal Agreements we have all already Agreed upon,
by Unanimous Vote. .. I will start another Consensus form for the other things we have to vote on yet. Then we will revisit the answers that all of us did not agree upon, and come to an agreement, and then start the official Tribal Entry process. - Rev. Dana C. L. (Tribal founder)
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Our Citizenship Initiation

Our Citizen agrees to uphold and be responsible for
their keeping of our tribal vows.

Our Citzen agrees to read the previous notes of
decisions made by the tribe so far prior to declaring tribe, and
they will either be involved in tribal meetings, tribal votes, and
consensus.

During this time, our tribal citizen agrees to
undergo the following training requirements to obtain tribal citizenship.

Our requirements are to Learn the Heinzist Way, also Our Tribal Pledge, and Learn Heinzist Sunrise/Sunset healing, as well to put
into daily living practices the Tribal Constitution. (Only if legal by their host countries laws.)
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Out Tribal Citizens are required to do a weekly check-in with the tribe, concerning all
tribal vows, and personal issues, they feel should be brought to tribal attention.
These check-ins maybe done through email or other ways of contact with other tribal members.


Citizenship Intiation Ceremony

Our Tribal citizen will go through a former Initiation Ceremony or Welcoming a full member.
This is where they are put into record as being a formal member, and registered as an official voting member, for Tribal only matters.

We Vow, as a tribe, that any citizen joining the tribal community who
is past the age of 18 years old enters the tribe as an individual and
is individually responsible for upholding their own agreements.

We agree that Those who join as "partners" are still held as
individually joining tribe, and individually responsible to fulfill
their vows, however Tribal Partners, are not considered full
citizens, and are just tribal partners.

We agree that any citizen joining our tribal community who
is responsible for a child under the age of 18 years old makes
a vow on behalf of the child. It is then a shared tribal
responsibility to educate children under 18 in the keeping of those
agreements to the highest level of the child's understanding and
ability, and the child benefits as the parent does in all tribal
resources. When the child reaches 18, they are asked to reaffirm
their vow with the tribe as an individual separate from the
parent.

No citizen may be removed from tribe without their
consenting permission, unless they are removed by a tribal consensus,
do to actions against the prime directive of the tribe, and if they are not
removed, will agree to take a suspension for certain tribal Rights, or Activities.

We agree that any tribal citizen may voluntarily end
their tribal citizenship at any time, so long as they do so in the
following by either written agreement, or announcing it at a full tribal meeting.

We also agree to remain in the consensus process during our
exit from tribe, and to resolve any difficulties which we may have
with the tribe as a whole, or any individual tribal members, in a
consensual manner prior to leaving the tribe.

We agree to do this in this manner,
because this seems to be this is the most beneficial way to bring closure,
and peace to exiting tribal members.

We intend to create a working relationship in which
law and truth can grow in the proper perspective within our tribal
well-being.

About Tribal Meetings/Gatherings

(Will be held as chat meetings. This is why we are gonna do
the Elder and Family thing. I know it will be nearly impossible to
meet all together in a chat as once. This does not mean, we can not still vote,
via consensus it just means our consensus process takes a little longer.)

Tribal Gatherings for the purpose of setting structures, and vows
which affect the whole tribe may be called by anyone who
is formally a tribal citizen, but must be scheduled so that all
citizens may attend. Citizens calling a meeting shall make the
purpose of the meeting known to all other citizens. Other issues may
be addressed at the meeting by agreement of the tribe. Meetings
shall be recorded in a manner agreed upon by the tribe, and meetings
shall take place in an agreed upon time frame, or until the matter is resolved.

There must be at least one person somehow recording
transcripts and vital information at a tribal meeting that can be
kept on tribal record.
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The Transition from "Individual" to Tribal citizen

Each individual must enter voluntarily, with a clear
understanding of their personal resources, and which of these resources they wish
to contribute and volunteer to the tribe, and wish they wish to hold for themselves, or not tribal resources.

We recognize that each individual arrives at the initiation
to tribe with resources in the following areas:

Physical,
Emotional,
Mental,
Soul.

Each individual, upon entering the tribal initiation process, is asked to fill out our “Tribal Entry process form” to share with us what they are bringing to tribe. Through filling out the form, the questions answered will be helpful the form is as follows:

Physical Inventory:
1 What activities do I enjoy doing?

Emotional: Feelings and sensations which inhabit and affect both the
physical and mental landscapes.

2. Do you have any mental Illnesses? (This is just to help us help
support you, and understand you at times the illness acts up.)
3. Are you recieving legitimate treatment to help you with your illness?
(We encourage everyone with mental illness to seek proper medical
and professional help.)
4. What do I know about my emotional qualities?
5. Am I highly emotional?
6 Do I tend to suppress emotion?
7. What do I know about my seasonal or cyclic patterns (PMS, Holidays,
Seasonal Affective Disorder, etc.)?
8. What do I know about my Fears?
9. What do I know about my emotional triggers?
10. What helps with these?
11. What do I know about potential trouble spots or patterns I have had
in relationships in the past?
12. What do I know about my energy exchange dynamics?
13. Am I needy?
14. An over-giver?
15. Do I know how to say "no", or is this problematic for me?
16. What do I know about my need for solitude/personal space or need for
interaction?

Mental: Thoughts, attitudes, opinions, concepts, ideas, and
creations.

17. What are my Judgements and Prejudices? (basically we are gonna help
each other over comes this.)
18. What are my Bottom Lines about how people treat me?
19. What are my Values?

Soul: Essence, personality, traits, qualities, and predispositions.

20. What are my Religious Beliefs and Practices?
21. Are you a Heinzist?
22. Are you are Non-Heinzist?
23. Are you a Monk, Preist, Preistess, or ordain?
24. If so what church or religion are your ordained with?
25. Are you willing to learn and minister the Heinzist tradition?
26. Are you willing to Run in the Heinzist Interfaith Circle Services?
27. What are the religions you follow other than Heinzism? (if you are
Heinzist, if not what is your mainstream religion.)
28. Is there anything else you would like to share about your Religious
beliefs and practices?
29. What are your skills?
30. What are your Hobbies?
31. What are your areas of Knowledge?
32. What are your Talents?
33. What are your Connections with others outside tribe which may oblige
us to action:
34. Are you in Debt, both physical and emotional?
35. Are you Dependent?
36. Do you have Other tribal affiliations?
37. What do you think you could Contribute the most to the Tribe?
38. Do you have any areas of specialty? Are you a councilor, a doctor,
etc?
39. Can you teach and share anything of a certain subject with the
entire tribe?
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Individuality Within the Tribe

In our discussions about tribe, we have encountered time and again
the fear that joining tribe means losing your rights as an
individual.


By using consensus, and polls, and honoring personal sovereignty,
there is no way an individual can lose their rights,
as long as they uphold the tribal vows, and the obey the tribal constitution.

If a member chooses not to uphold tribal agreements, or disobeys the tribal constitution
then they agree to either leave the tribe, or have their rights temporarily suspended, and/or
be barred or forbidden to take part or be involved within certain tribal activities. Any Such descision,
will be made by a tribal consensus, and/or tribal votes.

We recognize that individuals within tribe will have
relationships,information, and activities that may not be shared
with the entire tribe. However, Privacy does not mean covering up of lies, and
with holding important information regarding the Tribal matters. This means there will
be no failing to reveal information with the intent of preventing, or causing something within
the tribe to happen or not to happen.
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People who join the Ludetribe Yahoogroup have a week to decide on the type of Citizenship....

The Ludetribe Yahoogroup
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ludetribe/

Application to become a pending citizen within the tribe.
All Applicants have one month to get to know and decide via consensus on whether to vote them
in as Tribal Citizens or Tribal Partners. All friendly applicants, and friends of members are welcome,
to remain on as Tribal Partners without official consensus of vote.

Tribal Citizens can and may extend time to get to know and trust, a pending citizen,
Before deciding via consensus on approval or disapproval or Tribal Citizenship.

Pending Members may also state themselves as a Tribal Partners, if they want to help out but do not want to join the tribe, or they may quitely Remove themselves from our group, with no questions asked.
(We however would like to hear peoples thoughts, of why they chose to leave, to help us understand.)

Note to applicants

Not all questions have to be filled out, on the Tribal Citizenship
Application form, however by doing so and interacting with the tribal citizens it makes
the process of getting to know you, go much faster, and smoother, and some may not have to wait
a whole month before being voted on via consensus via the Tribe.

You must fill this out, and email it to dnatureofdtrain@yahoo.com
With Tribal Entry form placed in the subject line.
If this form is NOT filled out you will not be considered as properly applying for tribal citizenship
and you will be automatically Denied from the Tribe.

The ONLY information that will not be disclosed to the tribe, is your Name, and Address.
All personal information will be kept within the tribal registry just so we can try to keep in touch with you, if you were to lose internet access.
The Only Tribals that will have acces to this information is The Chair, Vice Chair,
and Tribal Registry workers.

And then email your form to dnatureofdtrain@yahoo.com
With "Tribal Entry form" put into the subject line.
Do NOT forget to put this in the subject line.
You should automatically recieve this form if you join the Ludetribal yahoogroup.
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Types of Tribal Membership:
Tribal Partners: Anyone from outside the tribe that is involved in helping us out, but who are not members of the tribe
Tribal Citizenship: Our Tribal Family

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Undecided
Tribal Reservation Membership: For those who own land that they want our tribe to recognize as being "Tribal Land".
Currently this is not an option. (This is in brainstorming stage, and may or may not require membership.)

If fee could not be meant, Any member of the tribe may "Sponsor" And pay the fee for them.

Crafts Programs
- Beading
- Leatherwork
- Weaving
- Jewerly making
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LudeTribe Entry Form
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Citizenship

By applying for for Ludetribe citizenship, applicants
swear allegiance to the Heinzist Way, and the
Ludetribe, and make the following assertions:
1. I swear or affirm my allegiance as tribal member to
Heinzist Way and as citizen of the Ludetribe.

2. I swear or affirm that I am seeking Ludetribal
citizenship as secondary citizenship and that I am, at
the time of making of this oath, a citizen of a nation
other than the Ludetribe, and that I am not seeking
citizenship in the Ludetribe as my primary citizenship
at this time, and that I do not wish to relinquish my
existing citizenship status through the making of this
application or the subsequent grant of citizenship by
the Ludetribe.

3. I swear or affirm that I am making this application
as a free person, that I am free to make this
application and am doing so voluntarily and of my own
free accord.

4. I swear or affirm that I am a member of the
Ludetribe, that I am a person who refuses to ascribe
to an otherwise oppressive views that go against the
Heinzist Way, and Tribal Ways..

5. I understand that no action will be taken upon this
application until I have filled out the tribal entry
form and been approved via consensus, to enter in as a
citizenship application fee.

6. As a citizen I agree not to break any laws of the
micronations abiding country. The United States of
America. (And of the country I currently live within, or visit)

I HAVE READ AND AGREE WITH THE ABOVE AND WISH TO APPLY
FOR CITIZENSHIP
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Application for citizen ship..
Entry form... Tribal Entry form...
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For the Registry only to see
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Please complete the entire form. Incomplete
applications will not be accepted.
First Name
Last Name
Email Address
Home Address 1
Home Address 2
City
State
Country
Postal/Zip Code
Date of Birth
Home Telephone
Work Telephone
Town of Birth
State of Birth
Country of Birth
Gender
Marital Status
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For the Registry only to see
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Physical Inventory:
1 What activities do I enjoy doing?

Emotional: Feelings and sensations which inhabit and
affect both the
physical and mental landscapes.

2. Do you have any mental Illnesses? (This is just to
help us help
support you, and understand you at times the illness
acts up.)

3. Are you recieving legitimate treatment to help you
with your illness?
(We encourage everyone with mental illness to seek
proper medical
and professional help.)

4. What do I know about my emotional qualities?

5. Am I highly emotional?

6 Do I tend to suppress emotion?

7. What do I know about my seasonal or cyclic patterns
(PMS, Holidays,
Seasonal Affective Disorder, etc.)?

8. What do I know about my Fears?

9. What do I know about my emotional triggers?

10. What helps with these?

11. What do I know about potential trouble spots or
patterns I have had
in relationships in the past?

12. What do I know about my energy exchange dynamics?

13. Am I needy?

14. An over-giver?

15. Do I know how to say "no", or is this problematic
for me?

16. What do I know about my need for solitude/personal
space or need for
interaction?

Mental: Thoughts, attitudes, opinions, concepts,
ideas, and
creations.

17. What are my Judgements and Prejudices? (basically
we are gonna help
each other over comes this.)

18. What are my Bottom Lines about how people treat
me?

19. What are my Values?

Soul: Essence, personality, traits, qualities, and
predispositions.

20. What are my Religious Beliefs and Practices?

21. Are you a Heinzist?

22. Are you are Non-Heinzist?

23. Are you a Monk, Preist, Preistess, or ordain?

24. If so what church or religion are your ordained
with?

25. Are you willing to learn and minister the Heinzist
tradition?

26. Are you willing to Run in the Heinzist Interfaith
Circle Services?

27. What are the religions you follow other than
Heinzism? (if you are
Heinzist, if not what is your mainstream religion.)

28. Is there anything else you would like to share
about your Religious
beliefs and practices?

29. What are your skills?

30. What are your Hobbies?

31. What are your areas of Knowledge?

32. What are your Talents?

33. What are your Connections with others outside
tribe which may oblige
us to action:

34. Are you in Debt, both physical and emotional?

35. Are you Dependent?

36. Do you have Other tribal affiliations?

37. What do you think you could Contribute the most to
the Tribe?

38. Do you have any areas of specialty? Are you a
councilor, a doctor,
etc?

39. Can you teach and share anything of a certain
subject with the
entire tribe?

40. Do you have a parent or ancestor, relative or
friend on our rolls?

41. Would you like your real name, and email address distributed to
all the tribal members?

42. What name do you want the other tribal members to know you by,
and that will be used, as a registered member of the tribe.
(First, and Lastname. Your name could be anything you chose.)

43. Do you reside on the tribal land? (This question
is Non-Applicable..but put here for possibility down the road.)

Is there any other information you would like to share?
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