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There shall be certain inalienable rights, which shall not be abridged or denied by any branch/department of the Osage Nation government or by any official of the government. Furthermore nothing in this Constitution shall be interpreted in a way that would diminish the rights and privileges of any person within the jurisdiction of the Osage Nation. The Osage Nation government in exercising sovereign powers shall not:

A. make or enforce any law prohibiting the free exercise of religion, or abridging the freedom of speech or the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and to petition for redress of grievances;

B. violate the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable search and seizures, nor issue warrants, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched and the person or thing to be seized;

C. subject any person for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy;

D. compel any person in any criminal case to be a witness against himself or herself;

E. take any private property for a public use that is not fully justified as being in the best interest of all the people nor take without just compensation;

F. deny to any person in criminal proceeding the right to a speedy and public trial, to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation, to be confronted with the witnesses against him or her, to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his or her favor, and at his or her own expense to have the assistance of counsel for his or her defense;

G. require excessive bail, impose excessive fines, inflict cruel and unusual punishments, and in no event impose for conviction of any offense any penalty or punishment greater than allowed by federal law;

H. deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of its laws or deprive any person of liberty or property without due process of law;

I. pass any bill of attainder or ex post facto law;

J. deny any person accused of an offense punishable by imprisonment the right, upon request, to a trial by jury of not less than six persons. ONCR 15–04, approved at 2016 general election.