the help of anthropologist Edgar Lee Hewett) and enacting the Antiquities Act. The act has been pivotal to the preservation of major archaeological sites in the Southwestern United States. References Prucha, Francis Paul. 'Documents of United States Indian Policy: Third Edition'. University of Nebraska Press. Lincoln, Nebraska. 2000. Pg. 208 John Fletcher LACEY — Infoplease.com at www.infoplease.com The Lacey Act: America's Premier Weapon at www.animallaw.info FAQs for Indian Tribal Governments regarding Miscellaneous Issues at www.irs.gov External links Richard West Sellars, "A Very Large Array: Early Federal Historic Preservation--The Antiquities Act, Mesa Verde, and the National Park Service Act"(background information on John F. Lacey, and legislative history) published by the University of New Mexico School of Law, 2007. Retrieved on 2008-11-01 1841 births 1913 deaths Republican Party members of the Iowa House of Representatives Iowa lawyers National Park Service People from New Martinsville, West Virginia People from Oskaloosa, Iowa People of Iowa in the American Civil War Union Army generals Iowa city council members Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Iowa 19th-century American politicians 19th-century American lawyers