25-U.S.C.-3052
§3052 – Definitions
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Title 25 > Chapter 32A > Section 3052
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- Reference: Section 3052
- Legend: §3052 – Definitions
- USCode Year: 2013
Provision Content
In this chapter:
(1) Adjacent site
The term adjacent site means a site that borders a boundary line of National Forest System land.
(2) Cultural items
The term cultural items has the meaning given the term in section 3001 of this title, except that the term does not include human remains.
(3) Human remains
The term human remains means the physical remains of the body of a person of Indian ancestry.
(4) Indian
The term Indian means an individual who is a member of an Indian tribe.
(5) Indian tribe
The term Indian tribe means any Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, or other community the name of which is included on a list published by the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to section 479a–1 of this title.
(6) Lineal descendant
The term lineal descendant means an individual that can trace, directly and without interruption, the ancestry of the individual through the traditional kinship system of an Indian tribe, or through the common law system of descent, to a known Indian, the human remains, funerary objects, or other sacred objects of whom are claimed by the individual.
(7) National Forest System
The term National Forest System has the meaning given the term in section 1609(a) of title 16.
(8) Reburial site
The term reburial site means a specific physical location at which cultural items or human remains are reburied.
(9) Traditional and cultural purpose
The term traditional and cultural purpose, with respect to a definable use, area, or practice, means that the use, area, or practice is identified by an Indian tribe as traditional or cultural because of the long-established significance or ceremonial nature of the use, area, or practice to the Indian tribe.
(Pub. L. 110–234, title VIII, §8102, May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1287; Pub. L. 110–246, §4(a), title VIII, §8102, June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 2048.)
Codification
Pub. L. 110–234 and Pub. L. 110–246 enacted identical sections. Pub. L. 110–234 was repealed by section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246.
U.S. Encyclopedia of Law Coverage
25-U.S.C.-2905 in the Legal Encyclopedia: Indians
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