The Xi-Amaru Republic and ARNA: Our History
Two separate Indigenous governments with a shared beginning, different scopes, and different paths since December 17, 2022.
Read the articleThe Xi-Amaru Republic is a self-governing Indigenous nation with its own government, legal system and cultural identity. Within United States territory it is known as Amexum, the Republic's Indian country, and it operates cooperatively alongside U.S. jurisdiction. Here is how to join our jurisdiction, what it means, and what ADRIP and UNDRIP affirm.
Applications are made on the Ministry's website, aboriginalministryofjustice.org. It opens in a new tab.
Declaration of Independence signed in Houston, Texas
Constitution signed in Rome, Georgia
National flag adopted by citizen vote
ADRIP articles our governance rests on
Two steps, administered by the Aboriginal Ministry of Justice, the Republic's official administrative authority.
Every application begins on the Ministry's Verification page. It confirms your eligibility, checks that you have no open removal record, and directs you to the pathway that fits you. Each person applies separately.
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Applications are made on the Ministry's website, aboriginalministryofjustice.org. It opens in a new tab.
A positive determination grants temporary national status, valid for 14 months. Use that window to complete Step 2. You can check your status and remaining time in the national registry at any point.
The formal administrative process through which nationals obtain full citizenship. Citizenship is not automatic: each applicant is reviewed individually by the Ministry. You must hold active temporary national status to begin.
Recognition as a Xi-Amaru Native American under the Republic's jurisdiction, inclusion in official national records, your Tribal Member ID, and access to citizen services. Your U.S. citizenship is unchanged.
Plain-language articles on Indigenous jurisdiction, with every declaration quote checked against the official text.
Authority, rights and the governance systems that carry them.
02 StandardsWhat the two declarations affirm and how they were made.
03 IdentityHow record systems recorded, and misrecorded, Indigenous peoples.
04 GovernanceHow the nation is structured and how the Ministry administers it.
05 JurisdictionIdentification, tax authority and child welfare, with case studies.
Tribal meetings, public programs and community events, held by the Aboriginal Ministry of Justice on behalf of the Republic.
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Two separate Indigenous governments with a shared beginning, different scopes, and different paths since December 17, 2022.
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Read the articleScreening, citizenship, verification of records and IDs, and all services are administered by the Ministry, the Republic's official administrative authority, on its own website: aboriginalministryofjustice.org.