California Codes, Business and Professions Code - BPC, Division 7 — General Business Regulations, Part 3 — Representations to the Public, Chapter 1 — Advertising, Article 4 — American Indian-Made Articles, Section 17569

It is unlawful to barter, trade, sell, or offer for sale or trade, any article represented as made by authentic American Indian labor or workmanship, unless the basic article was produced wholly by American Indian labor or workmanship.

Any article bearing a trademark or label registered by Indian persons, groups, bands, tribes, pueblos, or communities with the Indian Arts and Crafts Board in Washington, D.C., or with the American Indian Historical Society, Incorporated, in San Francisco, California, shall be presumed to be authentic.

Only those articles bearing a registered trademark or label of authentic Indian labor or workmanship may be deemed an art or craft of authentic Indian labor or workmanship.

Notes

Prohibits bartering, trading, selling, or offering an article as authentic American Indian work unless the basic article was produced wholly by American Indian labor or workmanship. Articles bearing specified registered Indian trademarks or labels are presumed authentic, and only articles bearing a registered authentic-Indian-labor or workmanship mark or label may be deemed authentic Indian art or craft.

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