05/15/2012
https://www.congress.gov...
"An issue that concerns me is the impact of fake, mass-produced goods that are marketed as authentic Indian arts and crafts on the local economy."
"I support the modernization of the Indian Arts and Crafts Act, especially the aggregation and forfeiture issues."
"Fake art drives down prices, forces Native Americans to quit their crafts and devalues Native American art."
"And so it sounds like that could be the difference."