you don't necessarily need a criminal conviction in order to do a forfeiture, is that correct, or would you be recommend...
An issue that concerns me is the impact of fake, mass-produced goods that are marketed as authentic Indian arts and craf...
I too support the modernization of the Act to better protect the artists and the Indian art industry.
Obviously, this is an enormous amount of money that should be going back to Indian Country.
The protection of tribal nations is of the utmost importance to the Department of the Interior.
if you can incorporate that requirement in the statute itself, that's going to make a difference.
Good afternoon Vice Chairman Udall and Senator Heinrich.
Thank you, Senator Heinrich so much, and thank you for your good, hard work on the STOP Act, which is for the protection...
For centuries, the United States used cultural appropriation as a tool of colonization.
I think we really need to just work together.
Do you think it would be helpful to dedicate resources to improving fraudulent--to looking at the fraudulent online sale...
So that's your best guess at this point.
So it was a big problem then. But now I understand that as much as 80 percent of those goods are likely counterfeit and ...
And my understanding, when you were the U.S. attorney, you initiated efforts with the leaders of the Indian Nations here...
This situation is wholly unacceptable.
When someone steals and sells a tribe's cultural patrimony, they are stealing that tribe's traditions and identity.
it's had really devastating effects economically, as I said, passing down the traditions.
Do you believe that these fraudulent online sales, are they a significant problem?
