AIRFA Amendments of 1994

E74844

United States federal law amendment

The AIRFA Amendments of 1994 are U.S. federal legislative changes that strengthened protections for Native American religious practices, including access to sacred sites and the use of traditional ceremonial items.

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Statements (34)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal law ⓘ amendment ⓘ
appliesTo	Alaska Native religious practices ⓘ Native American religious practices ⓘ Native Hawaiian religious practices ⓘ
basedOn	American Indian Religious Freedom Act of 1978 ⓘ
benefits	Native Americans ⓘ surface form: Native American tribes individual Native American practitioners ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
enforcedBy	U.S. federal agencies ⓘ surface form: United States federal agencies
hasEffect	strengthened statutory protections beyond the 1978 policy statement ⓘ
hasShortName	AIRFA Amendments of 1994 ⓘ
jurisdiction	federal ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalDomain	Indigenous rights ⓘ cultural heritage protection ⓘ freedom of religion ⓘ
legalForm	statute ⓘ
modifies	American Indian Religious Freedom Act of 1978 ⓘ
partOf	American Indian Religious Freedom Act of 1978 ⓘ surface form: American Indian Religious Freedom Act
protects	access to sacred sites on federal lands ⓘ possession of ceremonial objects ⓘ traditional religious practices of Native peoples ⓘ use of ceremonial objects ⓘ
purpose	to protect access to sacred sites ⓘ to protect use of traditional ceremonial items ⓘ to strengthen protections for Indigenous religious freedom ⓘ
regulates	federal agencies ⓘ federal land management practices ⓘ
scope	federal government actions and policies ⓘ
topic	Indigenous cultural practices ⓘ ceremonial items ⓘ sacred sites ⓘ traditional religious ceremonies ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

American Indian Religious Freedom Act Amendments of 1994 → hasShortName → AIRFA Amendments of 1994 ⓘ