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Alaska's Right to Ivory Sales and Tradition ActSection 2 › Proposal

What traditional Alaska Native handicrafts covers

To amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to protect the cultural practices and livelihoods of producers of Alaska Native handicrafts and marine mammal ivory products, and for other purposes, section 2, Sec. 2. Written by .

What traditional Alaska Native handicrafts covers

The document says “meansWho acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says

“includes weaving, carving, stitching, sewing, lacing, beading, drawing, and painting.”

To amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to protect the cultural practices and livelihoods of producers of Alaska Native handicrafts and marine mammal ivory products, and for other purposes, Sec. 2

The third of the three defined terms, and it feeds the first: an item counts as authentic only if it is produced, decorated, or fashioned in the exercise of these crafts. Eight are listed, and here too the word is includes rather than means, so the list is not closed.

What the document actually says

“includes weaving, carving, stitching, sewing, lacing, beading, drawing, and painting.”

To amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to protect the cultural practices and livelihoods of producers of Alaska Native handicrafts and marine mammal ivory products, and for other purposes, Sec. 2
That sentence, in plain words

The crafts named are weaving and carving. They are stitching, sewing, and lacing. They are beading, drawing, and painting.

What this is about

This list feeds the rule above it. An item counts only if one of these crafts made it. The law does not say these eight are the whole list.

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