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CENSUS: 2018

* Indicates required field

Legal Name *

First

Last

Please provide your full legal name in this format: First Name + Middle Initial (if applicable), followed by Surname in second field.

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Email *

Phone Number *

Address *

Line 1

Line 2

City

State

Zip Code

Country

Do not provide a P.O. Box; please provide your physical address only.

Gender *

This information is NOT USED by the Office of the Nehm Tiwehkthihmpt to determine eligibility for Citizenship.

Occupation *

Date of Birth *

HOUSEHOLD INFORMATION

Married? *

Yes. No. Yes, through Common Law.

Number of Minors in Household *

Minors in the care of their legal guardian, who is a registered Nemenhah Citizen, are automatically counted as Youth Citizens of the Nemenhah ITO until they have reached the Age of Agency as stipulated in the Nemenhah Constitution, whereupon they will be required to register for Citizenship individually.

MINISTERIAL INFORMATION

Have you received a Member Certificate and/or Wallet Card associated with same? *

Yes No

All Spiritually Adopted Nemenhah Members/Ministers have received a certificate of membership and/or a wallet card associated with same at some point during their active or inactive membership. If you possess no such document, please do not proceed with this form. Contact the Office of the Nehm Tiwehkthihmpt for further instructions.

If "Yes," what is the Date on that document? *

Have you received any of these three UCNM Certifications? *

Sahaptan Guide. Sahaptan Carrier. Sahaptan Shirt. None of the Above.

The Uniform Curriculum for Nemenhah Ministry (UCNM) was created and implemented in the year 2013. Any core Nemenhah training received prior to 2013 must be certified for equivalency by the University of Nemenhah.

If "No," do you intend to complete the UCNM within the upcoming Great Council Cycle (one year)? *

Yes No N/A (select if you answered "Yes" to question above)

Are you a Certified Practitioner of a Modality in Natural Healing (Alternative Medicine)? *

Yes No Yes, but not in practice.

Do you practice Modalities of Natural Healing (Alternative Medicine) for which you have NOT been certified? *

Yes No Yes, but no formal Certification exists for these Modalities.

Do you represent yourself as a "Medicine Man," Medicine Woman," "Traditional Spiritual Leader," "Nemenhah Minister," and/or a "Nemenhah Practitioner" to clients and supplicants within your Profession? *

Yes. No. I am not in Practice at this time.

COVENANT DECLARATIONS

Please re-affirm the following declarations associated with the Covenant of Spiritual Adoption into the Nemenhah People:

1) I will adhere to the discipline "First Do No Harm," and I will, to the best of my ability, make this the guiding principle in my Healing Ministry. *

Agree Disagree

2) Natural Medicine constitutes part of the establishment and free exercise of my Nemenhah Religion. *

Agree Disagree

3) I will work diligently to complete the course of study the Office of the Tehk Tiwehkthihmpt prescribes for my development as a Citizen of the People. *

Agree Disagree

4) I will faithfully donate from my surplus to the Church so that the Nemenhah Life Way may go forward and become fully developed in the world. *

Agree Disagree

Why did you originally seek Nemenhah Religion and Membership? What is your motivation to be a Nemenhah Citizen now? *

Throughout the Nemenhah ITO's sixteen+ years of operation, and the many changes we've undergone in the process, individuals have sought membership for a wide variety of reasons. Please briefly describe your original motivation to seek Nemenhah Membership and why you would like to translate that into distinct Nemenhah Citizenship now.

"I, the above indicated, to hereby certify that the information I have provided on this form is true to the best of my knowledge and I do hereby acknowledge that to falsify any part of said information duly and consequently ABROGATES my Spiritual Adoption in the Nemenhah ITO." *

Agree Disagree

Submit

ATTENTION! PLEASE READ...

CENSUS POLICY

From the Office of the Nehm Tiwehkthihmpt:

In accordance with the Constitution of the Nemenhah People, Nemenhah Citizens are those that:

Have been Spiritually Adopted into the Nemenhah by and through the sacred rites and Ceremony of Making Relations.
Have certifiably completed the obligatory Uniform Curriculum for Nemenhah Ministry.
Have Registered with the Office of the Nehm Tiwehkthihmpt using the Census Form at left.

Further, in accordance with the Treaty of Royal Maya, fully registered Nemenhah Citizens, who have demonstrated their sincere commitment and dedication to the Sahaptan Healing Way, and who receive the official recommendation of the Office of the Nehm Tiwehkthihmpt, shall be eligible to apply for Naturalization as a Citizen of the Federation of Royal Maya, with all the legal and spiritual benefits such dual citizenship entails.

TO REGISTER FOR CITIZENSHIP

FOR ACTIVE NEMENHAH MEMBERS:
Those individuals who have received their Member Certificate and seek to reinstate their Nemenhah Citizenship, and who have completed the UCNM, or are currently enrolled:

Complete and Submit the Census Form at left.
CLICK HERE to go to the "Document Replacement" page and request new Nemenhah Citizenship documents.
Attention!: Nemenhah Members who have completed the UCNM, or are currently enrolled in the UCNM through the University of Nemenhah, need not select from the UCNM tuition options below the Census form.

Children and minors under the care of a registered Nemenhah Citizen are automatically considered Youth Citizens of the Nemenhah ITO by the Office of the Nehm Tiwehkthihmpt until they have attained the Age of Agency.

If you are the parent or legal guardian of one or more minors in your household and wish to register said minors with the Office of the Nehm Tiwehkthihmpt and obtain documentation of same, please contact the Office of the Nehm Tiwehkthihmpt directly for further instructions.

FOR INACTIVE NEMENHAH MEMBERS:
Those individuals who have received their Member Certificate and seek to reinstate their Nemenhah Citizenship, but who have not enrolled in the UCNM, must please complete the following:

Complete and Submit the Census Form at left.
Select one of the UCNM Enrollment Options below the Form to begin your Cultural Orientation.

You will receive an email invitation from the University of Nemenhah, granting you access to our Student Portal for your completion of the UCNM. Upon completion of the UCNM, you will receive new identification documents as a Citizen and Minister of the Nemenhah ITO.

FAILURE TO RE-INSTATE:
Those extant "Ministers," "Members," "Medicine Men," "Medicine Women," and/or "Traditional Spiritual Leaders" who do not meet the above requirements, or are not actively engaged in re-instating their active status (e.g. currently enrolled in the UCNM), automatically abrogate their claim upon the lineage and privileges of Spiritual Adoption in absentia. These members' status shall be relegated to that of "Inactive Tiheht/Supplicant" and re-filed accordingly.

NEMENHAH CULTURAL ORIENTATION

UCNM ENROLLMENT
To qualify for Citizenship in the Nemenhah ITO, certifiable completion of the UCNM is obligatory as the required Cultural Orientation for Nemenhah Citizens prescribed by the Tehk Tiwehkthihmpt.

If re-enrolling in the UCNM, or enrolling for the first time, please go to www.uninem.org for more information and enrollment instructions.

In all things universal - Consensus; In all things personal - Tolerance; In all things - Love! ~ Motto of the Sacred Order of Lehb

"We believe in the Wisdom of the Creator. This wisdom, along with the gifts of our culture, our customs, our traditions and our beliefs, as they are expressed in the sacred utterances and performances of the Sacred Sahaptan Healing Way, are gifts given to us by the Creator, through Wyaykihn, and they can neither be given nor taken away by other persons, peoples, nations or governments..." 3rd Expression - Nemenhah Constitution, 2014.

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