2013-05-09Fed up with the mainstream adoption of the “Navajo” fashion trend, the Navajo Nation decided to sue one popular purveyor of Navajo-style goods, Urban Outfitters, in 2012. In the lawsuit, the Navajo Nation claims trademark infringement and transgression of a lesser-known law: the Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990, which states that no company shall falsely imply that their products are made by a Native American when they are not. ❧ This Act, which has rarely ever been enforced in federal court, could have broad implications on Native Americans’ whose culture has become a profitable trend and on thousands of Native artists who have long suffered financial losses to overseas counterfeiters who claim that their products are “Native-m...
Cultural appropriation cases spark passionate debate because while fashion's borrowing of stylistic ...
Navajo tribal members are in dispute over tribal ancestral lands, one claiming a right from a federa...
Restoring Harmony through Nalyeeh: Can the Navajo Common Law of Torts be Applied in State and Federa...
The Navajo Nation filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico in February ...
Indigenous Peoples across the world are calling on nation-states to “decolonize” laws, structures, a...
Native Americans, along with the scenery, are primary attractions in New Mexico and Arizona, and tou...
This Article tells the story of a tribe’s fight, over the past two decades, to reclaim its sacred sy...
What can the Navajos do to prevent non-Navajos from using Navajo rug patterns to produce rugs overse...
What can the Navajos do to prevent non-Navajos from using Navajo rug patterns to produce rugs overse...
The Navajo Nation courts use ancient Diné (Navajo) customs and traditions or Navajo common law to de...
American fashion represents an eclectic patchwork of diverse experiences and ideas; however, drawing...
This paper explores the emerging popularity of Native American inspired goods within the context of ...
Navajo cultural items are being misused, lost, stolen, and sold in pawnshops, Indian stores, the int...
Tribal regulation of marriage is an example of tribal government and tribal court using the legal sy...
This Article tells the story of a tribe’s fight, over the past two decades, to reclaim its sacred sy...
Cultural appropriation cases spark passionate debate because while fashion's borrowing of stylistic ...
Navajo tribal members are in dispute over tribal ancestral lands, one claiming a right from a federa...
Restoring Harmony through Nalyeeh: Can the Navajo Common Law of Torts be Applied in State and Federa...
The Navajo Nation filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico in February ...
Indigenous Peoples across the world are calling on nation-states to “decolonize” laws, structures, a...
Native Americans, along with the scenery, are primary attractions in New Mexico and Arizona, and tou...
This Article tells the story of a tribe’s fight, over the past two decades, to reclaim its sacred sy...
What can the Navajos do to prevent non-Navajos from using Navajo rug patterns to produce rugs overse...
What can the Navajos do to prevent non-Navajos from using Navajo rug patterns to produce rugs overse...
The Navajo Nation courts use ancient Diné (Navajo) customs and traditions or Navajo common law to de...
American fashion represents an eclectic patchwork of diverse experiences and ideas; however, drawing...
This paper explores the emerging popularity of Native American inspired goods within the context of ...
Navajo cultural items are being misused, lost, stolen, and sold in pawnshops, Indian stores, the int...
Tribal regulation of marriage is an example of tribal government and tribal court using the legal sy...
This Article tells the story of a tribe’s fight, over the past two decades, to reclaim its sacred sy...
Cultural appropriation cases spark passionate debate because while fashion's borrowing of stylistic ...
Navajo tribal members are in dispute over tribal ancestral lands, one claiming a right from a federa...
Restoring Harmony through Nalyeeh: Can the Navajo Common Law of Torts be Applied in State and Federa...