Woman's lawsuit challenges Oklahoma tribal artwork law

 

November 24, 2016



OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An American Indian photographer has filed a lawsuit alleging that Oklahoma law violates her constitutional right to free speech by restricting her ability to label her works as American Indian-made.

Peggy Fontenot, 59, filed the federal civil rights lawsuit on Tuesday. Fontenot said a change made earlier this year to the state's American Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1974 is unconstitutional because it prohibits her from describing her artwork as American Indian-made in Oklahoma, The Oklahoman newspaper (http://bit.ly/2gg217N ) reported.

The state law says an artist must b...



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