We, the people of Wilton Rancheria, pursuant to our inherent sovereignty, in order to form a more perfect government, secure our rights, advance the general welfare, safeguard our interests, sustain and enrich our culture, promote our traditions and perpetuate our existence, achieve and maintain a desirable measure of prosperity, and secure the natural and self-evident right to govern ourselves, do ordain and establish this Constitution for Wilton Rancheria.