Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:ICRA
gptkbp:amendedBy gptkb:Tribal_Law_and_Order_Act_of_2010
gptkb:Violence_Against_Women_Reauthorization_Act_of_2013
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:Native_American_tribe
gptkbp:category Civil rights legislation
Native American law
United States federal Indian law
1968 in law
gptkbp:codifiedIn gptkb:25_U.S.C._§§_1301–1304
gptkbp:compatibleWith gptkb:establishment_clause_of_the_First_Amendment
federal habeas corpus for all violations
right to appointed counsel
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1968
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:expandedFinesTo $15,000 (per offense)
gptkbp:expandedSentencesBy gptkb:Tribal_Law_and_Order_Act_of_2010
gptkbp:expandedSentencesTo three years imprisonment (per offense)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968
gptkbp:limitation gptkb:tribal_governments
gptkbp:limitsFinesTo $5,000 (originally)
gptkbp:limitsSentencesTo one year imprisonment (originally)
gptkbp:modeledAfter gptkb:Bill_of_Rights
gptkbp:provides freedom of speech
freedom of religion
protection against cruel and unusual punishment
protection against double jeopardy
protection against self-incrimination
right to due process
right to a public trial
right to a speedy trial
right to trial by jury
right to equal protection
protection against excessive bail
protection against unreasonable search and seizure
gptkbp:purpose to guarantee certain civil rights to Native Americans
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Lyndon_B._Johnson
gptkbp:subjectOf gptkb:Santa_Clara_Pueblo_v._Martinez_(1978)
gptkbp:title gptkb:Title_II_of_the_Civil_Rights_Act_of_1968
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:United_States_federal_Indian_policy
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6