Why is the IACA law important to Spirit Tribe Studio?

Why is the IACA law important to Spirit Tribe Studio?

The Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-644) is a truth-in-advertising law that prohibits misrepresentation in marketing of Indian arts and crafts products within the United States. The law covers all Indian and Indian-style traditional and contemporary arts and crafts produced after 1935. https://www.doi.gov/iacb/act

While my ‘People’ have specific tribes that I have researched, and work hard to represent with historic accuracy, I respect the Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990 and the intention of the law to protect Native produced art. I can’t and won’t attribute any of my pieces to a specific tribe since I am not officially affiliated with any indigenous people.

I use generalities in reference to my Spirit Tribe – Indigenous American People from the Pueblo region; the Central Plains region; the Northern Plains region; the Pacific Northwest region; the Southeast region; the Northeast region; the Southwest region, etc.

My pieces are created from a place of respect and my intention is to honor the history of Indigenous American Indians. As an artist, I respectfully reserve the right to create the pieces with my own interpretation of details, and may make errors in specifics.

While my Ancestry.com DNA profile says I don’t have any Native American ancestors, I feel like the spirits find me and sort of demand to be created. I try to allow them to exist in harmony.