Pub. L. 110-234, tit. VIII, subtit. B, sec. 8102

DEFINITIONS.

EnactedYear: 2008Length: 302 wordsOfficial source
SEC. 8102. DEFINITIONS. In this subtitle:(1) Adjacent site.—The term “adjacent site” means a site that borders a boundary line of National Forest System land.(2) Cultural items.—The term “cultural items” has the meaning given the term in section 2 of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (25 U.S.C. 3001), except that the term does not include human remains.(3) Human remains.—The term “human remains” means the physical remains of the body of a person of Indian ancestry.(4) Indian.—The term “Indian” means an individual who is a member of an Indian tribe.(5) Indian tribe.—The term “Indian tribe” means any Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, or other community the name of which is included on a list published by the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to section 104 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 479a–1).(6) Lineal descendant.—The term “lineal descendant” means an individual that can trace, directly and without interruption, the ancestry of the individual through the traditional kinship system of an Indian tribe, or through the common law system of descent, to a known Indian, the human remains, funerary objects, or other sacred objects of whom are claimed by the individual.(7) National forest system.—The term “National Forest System” has the meaning given the term in section 11(a) of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1609(a)).(8) Reburial site.—The term “reburial site” means a specific physical location at which cultural items or human remains are reburied.(9) Traditional and cultural purpose.—The term “traditional and cultural purpose”, with respect to a definable use, area, or practice, means that the use, area, or practice is identified by an Indian tribe as traditional or cultural because of the long-established significance or ceremonial nature of the use, area, or practice to the Indian tribe.