§80q–14 Definitions

Summary

Defines key words used in this part. Board of Regents means the Smithsonian Institution’s Board of Regents. Board of Trustees means the governing board of the National Museum of the American Indian. Burial site means any natural or prepared place where individual human remains are placed as part of a death ritual, whether under, on, or above the ground. Funerary object means an item intentionally placed with human remains during or after burial as part of that ritual. Heye Foundation assets means the Heye Foundation’s collections, endowment, and other property (not its interest in Audubon Terrace) listed in the Memorandum of Understanding with the Smithsonian dated May 8, 1989, and its schedules. Heye Museum means the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation. Indian means a member of an Indian tribe. Indian tribe has the meaning given in section 5304 of title 25. National Museum means the National Museum of the American Indian established by section 80q–1. Native American means someone of a tribe, people, or culture indigenous to the Americas and includes Native Hawaiians. Native Hawaiian means a member or descendant of the aboriginal people who, before 1778, occupied and exercised sovereignty in the area now the State of Hawaii.