Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The federal Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990 (IACA) defines an American Indian as a member of a federally-or state-recognized tribe, while state and tribal Indian arts and crafts laws typically restrict the definition of an American Indian to citizens of federally recognized tribes only. At least 13 states and 4 federally recognized American ...
Subchapter M—Indian Self-determination and Education Assistance Act Program Subchapter N—Economic Enterprises Subchapter O—Miscellaneous: 2: II: 300–399: Indian Arts and Crafts Board (Department of the Interior) III: 500–599: National Indian Gaming Commission (Department of the Interior) Subchapter A—General Provisions
If a business violates the Act, it can face civil penalties or can be prosecuted and fined up to $1,000,000. The law covers all Indian and Indian-style traditional and contemporary arts and crafts produced after 1935. The Act broadly applies to the marketing of arts and crafts by any person in the United States.
Bernie Whitebear , American Indian activist, a co-founder of the Seattle Indian Health Board (SIHB), the United Indians of All Tribes Foundation, and the Daybreak Star Cultural Center. Robert A. Williams Jr. , an American lawyer who is a notable author and legal scholar in the field of Federal Indian Law, International Law and Indigenous ...
Indian arts and crafts laws; Indian Claims Commission; Indian Country Crimes Unit; Indian country jurisdiction; Indian Education and Self-Assistance Act (Snyder Act) Indian Law and Order Commission; The Code of Indian Offenses; Indian Reorganization Act; Indian termination policy; Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program; Iroquois passport
On 5 October 1949 Congress enacted An Act to confer jurisdiction on the State of California over the lands and residents of the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation in said State, and for other purposes, [Public Law 322] 63 Stat. 705, which stated that "on and after January 1, 1950, all lands located on the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation in the ...
Decisions of the Indian Claims Commission; Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA); South Carolina v. Catawba Indian Tribe, 476 U.S. 498 (1986): settled for $50,000,000 by the Catawba Indian Tribe of South Carolina Land Claims Settlement Act of 1993, Pub. L. No. 103-116, 107 Stat 1118 (codified at 25 U.S.C. § 941)
The Code of Indian Offenses ordered a tribunal of three tribal members to be established at all tribal agencies except for those of the Five Civilized Tribes. The three individuals that made up the court were each to be considered a "Judge of Indian Offenses," and they were to be appointed to the position by the commissioner of Indian affairs. [3]