Cultural and Intellectual Property Rights A Pathfinder for Native People, Students, Educators and the General Public

By Dawn Eckenrode

Introduction

Annotated Bibliography

This pathfinder is intended to assist Native people, students, educators and the general public in locating resources on intellectual and cultural property rights and the ways in which these issues affect the lives of American Indians and other indigenous peoples. The following resources can be found for free on the Internet.

Where can I find some general information about cultural and intellectual property rights?

For a description of intellectual property...

World Intellectual Property Organization. "About Intellectual Property" Online. Internet. 8 April 2002. Available FTP: http://www.wipo.org/about-ip/en/

For a description of cultural property…

Strom, Karen M. "Cultural Property" (Feb. 2002) Online. Internet. 8 April 2002. Available FTP: http://www.hanksville.org/sand/cp.html

Where can I find information about cultural and intellectual property rights with an international perspective?

U.S. State Department: Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. "International
Cultural Property Protection" (March 2002) Online. Internet. 8 April 2002. Available FTP: http://exchanges.state.gov/education/culprop/

Alaskan Native Knowledge Network. "The Mataatua Declaration on Cultural andIntellectual Property Rights of Indigenous Peoples" (June 1993) Online. Internet. 8 April 2002. Available FTP: http://www.ankn.uaf.edu/mataatua.html

Where can I find some information about legislation related to the cultural and intellectual property rights of American Indians?

For information on the Native American Grave Protection and Repatriation Act (1990):

National NAGPRA. "National NAGPRA Database" (April 2002) Online. Internet. 8 April 2002. Available FTP: http://www.cast.uark.edu/other/nps/nagpra/nagpra.html

"American Indian Ritual Object Repatriation Foundation" Online. Internet. 8 April 2002. Available FTP: http://www.repatriationfoundation.org/

For Information on the Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990: Public Law 101-644:

ArtNatAm. "Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990: Public Law 101-644" Online.

Internet. 8 April 2002. Available FTP: http://www.artnatam.com/law.html

"Arts and Crafts Act" Raven In The Moon: An Aboriginal On Line Magazine. (Winter 2001-2002) Online. Internet. Available FTP: http://www.raveninthemoon.bc.ca/artcraftact.html

Where can I find a variety of viewpoints on Native American cultural property issues?

"Declaration of War Against Exploiters of Lakota Spirituality." (June 1993) Online. Internet. 8 April 2002. Available FTP: http://puffin.creighton.edu/lakota/war.html

If you need further assistance, don’t hesitate to ask a librarian!

Questions or comments about this pathfinder? Feel free to email me at: eckenrodedawn@yahoo.com

The address of this pathfinder is: http://www.gslis.utexas.edu/~vlibrary/edres/pathfinders/eckenrode2

This pathfinder was prepared by Dawn Eckenrode, MLIS candidate at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, The University of Texas at Austin