General

This SEASAM website (the "Service") is owned and operated by The Chickasaw Nation, a federally recognized sovereign and self-governing American Indian nation and contains material that is protected by international copyright, trademark and other intellectual property laws. The Chickasaw Nation retains all copyright, trademark and other intellectual property rights to the materials contained in this website. Unless otherwise specified, the Service is intended for your personal, noncommercial use only. You agree to not modify, create derivative works, add, or replace any material, in whole or in part, provided by the Service as a component of the website. You may download material from the Service and may use the Service for your personal, non-commercial use only, provided you keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices.

As part of our Service, SEASAM.net agrees to provide you with information and other computer services subject to these Terms of Service. You agree to use the Service in accordance with these Terms of Service. Accessing our Service, in any manner, for the purpose of obtaining information, technical or otherwise, about the Service constitutes use of the Service such that the party accessing the Service is bound by these Terms of Service. Because the Web is an evolving medium, we may need to change these Terms of Service or impose new conditions on use of the Service, from time to time, in which case we will post the revised Terms of Service on this website. By continuing to use the Service after we post any such changes, you accept the Terms of Service, as modified.

You may establish a hypertext link to this Service so long as the link does not state or imply any sponsorship of your site by SEASAM.net. However, you may not, without the prior written permission of SEASAM.net, frame any of the content of the Service, or incorporate into another website or other service, any intellectual property of SEASAM.net, the Chickasaw Nation or its licensors.

SEASAM.net offers its website to you conditioned on your acceptance without modifications of this entire agreement.

License to SEASAM.net

By posting messages, uploading files, or otherwise providing any material for display on the Service, you are representing that you are the owner of the material, or are making your submission with the express consent of the owner of the material. In addition, when you post a message, upload a file, or otherwise provide us with material for display on the Service, you are granting SEASAM.net a royalty-free, perpetual, non-exclusive, unrestricted, worldwide license to:

  • Use
  • Copy
  • Sublicense
  • Adapt
  • Transmit
  • Publicly perform or display any such communication.

Sublicense to third parties the unrestricted right to exercise any of the foregoing rights granted with respect to the communication.

The foregoing grants shall include the right to exploit any proprietary rights in such communication, including but not limited to rights under copyright, trademark, service mark or patent laws under any relevant jurisdiction.

Disclaimers

This Service includes links and pointers to Internet sites, content and services provided by third parties. SEASAM.net's linking to any third-party sites does not imply an endorsement or sponsorship of such sites, or the information, products or services offered on or through the sites. In addition, neither SEASAM.net, the Chickasaw Nation nor their affiliates operate or control in any respect any information, products or services that third parties may provide on or through the Service or on websites linked to by SEASAM.net. The materials, information, products and services offered on or through the Service and any third-party sites are provided "as is" and without warranties of any kind either express or implied. To the fullest extent permissible pursuant to applicable law, SEASAM.net disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. SEASAM.net does not warrant that the Service or any of its functions will be uninterrupted or error-free, that defects will be corrected, or that any part of this Service or the servers that make it available, are free of viruses or other harmful components.

SEASAM.net does not warrant or make any representations regarding the use or the results of the use of the Service or materials in this Service or in third-party sites in terms of their correctness, accuracy, timeliness, reliability or otherwise. You (and not SEASAM.net) assume the entire cost of all necessary maintenance, repair or correction.

Permitted Use

You may use the Service for lawful, personal and non-commercial purposes related to learning about or participating in SEASAM. SEASAM.net does not control the messages, information or files that others may provide through the Service. You agree not to:

  • Restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Service.
  • Use the Service in any manner that violates applicable law.
  • Use the Service to transmit any information, software or other material that violates or infringes upon the rights of others, including material that is an invasion of privacy or publicity rights or that is protected by copyright, trademark or other proprietary right, or derivative works with respect thereto, without first obtaining permission from the owner or right holder.
  • Use the Service to transmit any information, software or other material that contains a virus or other harmful component.
  • Use the Service transmit or in any way exploit any information, software or other material for commercial purposes, or that contains advertising.
  • Use the Service to advertise or solicit to anyone to buy or sell products or services, or to make donations of any kind, without the express written approval of SEASAM.net.
  • Use automated systems to scrape or harvest data.

SEASAM.net reserves the right at all times to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any law, regulation or governmental request, or to refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, that in SEASAM.net's sole discretion are objectionable or in violation of these Terms of Service.

Limitation of Liability

Under no circumstances, including, but not limited to, negligence, shall the Chickasaw Nation, SEASAM.net, or affiliates be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages that result from the use of, or the inability to use, SEASAM.net materials, products, or services, or third party materials, products, or services made available through the Service, or any part of the Service, even if SEASAM.net is advised beforehand of the possibility of such damages. This Agreement shall be performed within applicable guidelines, resolutions, and ordinances of the Chickasaw Nation. State law shall not be applicable nor shall disputes be subject to any authority outside the Chickasaw Nation. You specifically acknowledge and agree that SEASAM.net is not liable for any defamatory, offensive or illegal conduct of any user. If you are dissatisfied with any SEASAM.net materials, products, or services, or with any of SEASAM.net 's terms and conditions, your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using the Service.

Spam

You will not use SEASAM.net to transmit, either directly or indirectly, any unsolicited bulk e-mail or unsolicited commercial e-mail.  SEASAM.net may use filtering technology or other measures in its efforts to stop unsolicited bulk e-mail and unsolicited commercial e-mail, and if your use of SEASAM.net includes e-mail related services, then such filtering technology or other measures may block, either temporarily or permanently, some e-mail sent to you through the SEASAM.net website.

Termination

SEASAM.net may cancel or terminate your right to use the Service or any part of the Service at any time without notice. In the event of termination, you are no longer authorized to access the part of the Service affected by such cancellation or termination. The restrictions imposed on you with respect to material downloaded from the Service, and the disclaimers and limitations of liabilities set forth in these Terms of Service, shall survive.

Other

This agreement constitutes the entire agreement between SEASAM.net and you with respect to the subject matter contained in this agreement and supersedes all previous and contemporaneous agreements, proposals and communications, written or oral. You also may be subject to additional terms and conditions that may apply when you use the products or services of a third party that are provided through the Service. In the event of any conflict between any such third-party terms and conditions and these Terms of Service, these Terms of Service shall govern. This agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Chickasaw Nation without giving effect to any principles or conflicts of law. If any provision of this agreement shall be unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from this agreement and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.

Miscellaneous

The Chickasaw Nation is a sovereign Indian nation recognized federally by the United States of America.  Nothing contained in these Terms or anywhere within the Service shall be construed to waive the sovereign rights and immunities of the Chickasaw Nation, or its officers, employees, or agents.