Religious Freedom Act Amendments: Hearing Before the Select Committee on Indian Affairs, United States, One Hundred First Congress, First Session, on S. 1124 ... September 28, 1989, Washington, DC.

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1990 - 510 páginas

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Página 304 - That henceforth it shall be the policy of the United States to protect and preserve for American Indians their inherent right of freedom to believe, express, and exercise the traditional religions of the American Indian, Eskimo, Aleut, and Native Hawaiians, including but not limited to access to sites, use and possession of sacred objects, and the freedom to worship through ceremonials and traditional rites.
Página 309 - Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. Volpe, 401 US 402 (1971).
Página 143 - First, the statute must have a secular legislative purpose; second, its principal or primary effect must be one that neither advances nor inhibits religion. . . .; finally, the statute must not foster "an excessive government entanglement with religion.
Página 408 - Ordinarily cemeteries, birthplaces, or graves of historical figures, properties owned by religious institutions or used for religious purposes, structures that have been moved from their original locations, reconstructed historic buildings, properties primarily commemorative in nature, and properties that have achieved significance within the past 50 years shall not be considered eligible for the National Register.
Página 16 - Every part of this earth is sacred to my people. Every shining pine needle, every sandy shore, every mist in the dark woods, every clearing and humming insect is holy in the memory and experience of my people.
Página 408 - B. that are associated with the lives of persons significant in our past; or C. that embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or that represent the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values...
Página 477 - subsistence uses" means the customary and traditional uses by rural Alaska residents of wild, renewable resources for direct personal or family consumption as food, shelter, fuel, clothing, tools, or transportation; for the making and selling of handicraft articles out of nonedible byproducts of fish and wildlife resources taken for personal or family consumption; for barter, or sharing for personal or family consumption; and for customary trade. For the purposes of this section, the term — (1)...
Página 369 - Yuma and such other Indians as the Secretary of the Interior may see fit to settle thereon...
Página 285 - Endorsement sends a message to nonadherents that they are outsiders, not full members of the political community, and an accompanying message to adherents that they are insiders, favored members of the political community.
Página 138 - The clearest command of the Establishment Clause is that one religious denomination cannot be officially preferred over another.

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