it's had really devastating effects economically, as I said, passing down the traditions.
I fully support Tom Udall's efforts to strengthen the Indian Arts & Crafts Act of 1990 to further protect our Native Ame...
Like you say, it is a new age. And if people are violating the law, we're going to be coming after them, and they will b...
I would like to acknowledge the former chairman of the Committee, this Committee, this Senate Indian Affairs Committee, ...
Do you think it would be helpful to dedicate resources to improving fraudulent--to looking at the fraudulent online sale...
How often--what has the relationship been like with some of those large online vendor platforms?
I want to thank Senator Udall for shining a light on this issue.
Would it be helpful to have an amendment to the statute that addressed that particularly?
Yes, we did. We had good cooperation from the Philippine government.
You want to look at enhancements to the Act, and you want that Act to act as a deterrent.
This new look at what we can do to update this law is incredibly important.
Is that possible, apart, because of Fish and Wildlife's role in also working with foreign countries?
It's really important that we hear from people who have your level of expertise.
When someone steals and sells a tribe's cultural patrimony, they are stealing that tribe's traditions and identity.
This situation is wholly unacceptable.
Good afternoon Vice Chairman Udall and Senator Heinrich.
Obviously, this is an enormous amount of money that should be going back to Indian Country.
So it was a big problem then. But now I understand that as much as 80 percent of those goods are likely counterfeit and ...
