Officials of the Intermountain Region have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C), the three cultural items described above are specific ceremonial objects needed by traditional Native American religious leaders for the practice of traditional Native American religions by their present-day adherents. Officials of the Intermountain Region also have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. […]
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Sacred Objects Returned to Native Americans
August 3rd, 2008 · No Comments · Post to NewsCloud »
Tags: Native Americans · NAGPRA · indigenous+peoples · human rights · archaeology · law
Intellectual Property and Indigenous Peoples
June 8th, 2008 · No Comments · Post to NewsCloud »
Over the last few decades a steady increase in intellectual property law has occurred. Patent subject matter has been extended to every field of endeavor, including patents now issued on subject matter once thought unpatentable: new life forms, business methods, software, and traditional ecological knowledge, to name a few. Copyright’s reach has similarly broadened to […]
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