Indigenous group says company offering Australian land to Oscar nominees used its name and material without permission

Pieces of Australia is one of a number of brands to pay $4,000 to secure a spot in the Oscars gift bag that is unaffiliated with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, but sent by the company Distinctive Assets to the acting and directing nominees.

In a statement, the ICIN chief executive, Anna Boustead, and co-chair, Cissy Gore-Birch, refuted any connection with Pieces of Australia, and stated that the company had not contacted them.

The handbook included several photos featuring Aboriginal ranger groups that are owned by member organisations of ICIN and appeared to have been taken from their website and reproduced without permission, Boustead said.

He previously told Guardian Australia he was yet to make contact with the traditional owners.