Miami Circle
Miami Circle Out Reach Group is dedicated to saving the sacred Miami Circle of the Tequesta Native Americans in Miami, Florida

Laws, Regulations, Standards, and Conventions
Related to Cultural Resources

Act for the Preservation of American Antiquities, June 8, 1906 (16 USC 431-433)

Historic Sites, Buildings, Objects, and Antiquities Act of 1935 (16 USC 461-467)

Reservoir Salvage Act of 1960, as amended (16 USC 469-469c)

National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended (16 USC 470-470t, 110)

National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 USC 4321)

1970 UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export, and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property (19 USC 2601)

Archeological and Historic Preservation Act of 1974 (16 USC 469-469c)

American Indian Religious Freedom Act of 1978 (42 USC 1996 and 1996a)

Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979, as amended (16 USC 470aa-mm)

Abandoned Shipwreck Act of 1987 (PL 100-298; 43 U.S.C. 2101-2106)

Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990 (25 USC 3001-3013)

Curation of Federally-Owned and Administered Archeological Collections (36 CFR 79)

Determinations of Eligibility for Inclusion in the National Register (36 CFR 63)

National Historic Landmarks Program (36 CFR 65)

National Register of Historic Places (36 CFR 60)

Preservation of American Antiquities (43 CFR 3)

Procedures for Approved State and Local Government Historic Preservation Programs (36 CFR 61)

Protection of Historic and Cultural Properties (36 CFR 800)

Protection of Archeological Resources (43 CFR 7)

Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act: Final Rule (43 CFR 10)

Archeology and Historic Preservation: The Secretary of the Interior's Standards and Guidelines for Historic Preservation Projects (36 CFR 68)

Guidelines for Federal Agency Responsibilities, Under Section 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act

Executive Order No. 111593 Protection and Enhancement of the Cultural Environment (1971)

Executive Order No. 13007 Protection of  Religious Practices and Sacred Sites (1996)


NADB-NAGPRA LEGAL MANDATES:
US Senate: 101 - 473

From the National Archeological Database (NADB):

S. 1980: Protection of Native American Graves & Repatriation of Native American Remains

Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act Regulations--Civil Penalties

UNITED NATIONS

Draft United Nations declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples

DISCRIMINATION AGAINST INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
Protection of the heritage of indigenous people

United Nations Covenent on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

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Those interested in helping save this irreplaceable historic site are urged to contact national, state and local officials for support. Contributions to support the efforts to preserve the site may be made to MiamiCircle.org, Inc. at:

"MiamiCircle.org, Inc."
108 South Miami Avenue
Miami, FL 33130

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