NATIONAL NAGPRA What is The National NAGPRA Program?

NATIONAL NAGPRA The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) was enacted on November 16, 1990, to address the rights of lineal descendants, Indian tribes, and Native Hawaiian organizations to Native American cultural items, including human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony

NATIONAL NAGPRA The National NAGPRA Program: Regulated by The National Park Service Division of the U.S. Department of the Interior NAGPRA Regulations, 43 CFR Part

NATIONAL NAGPRA The National NAGPRA Program: Has more than a legal meaning Cultural Social Economic

NATIONAL NAGPRA The National NAGPRA Program: Activity: In what ways does the National NAGPRA program have a cultural, social, and economic meaning?

NATIONAL NAGPRA The National NAGPRA Program: 5 Major Provisions 1. Resolve Rights, Return- Guidelines to return human remains and cultural items 2. Review Committee- Monitors the NAGPRA program, helps organizations with related questions 3. Grants- Federal monies to organizations to help with documentation and repatriation 4. Civil Penalties- Enforce civil penalties for non-compliance 5. Establish Crime of Trafficking

NATIONAL NAGPRA The National NAGPRA Program: Jurisdiction of NAGPRA- Who must comply Federal Agencies Museums- Any institution, state, or local government which receives Federal money, and has possession or, or control over, Native American cultural items

NATIONAL NAGPRA The National NAGPRA Program: Activity: Jurisdiction Why would only Federal agencies and organizations that receive Federal money be governed by this Act?

NATIONAL NAGPRA The National NAGPRA Program: What items are covered: Native American Human Remains Funerary objects Associated Funerary Objects (AFO) Unassociated Funerary Objects (UFO) Sacred Objects

NATIONAL NAGPRA The National NAGPRA Program: Activity: Why are human remains and the items used during a burial important in Native American culture?

NATIONAL NAGPRA The National NAGPRA Program: Native American Human Remains Physical remains of a human body of a person of Native American ancestry

NATIONAL NAGPRA The National NAGPRA Program: Funerary Objects Any object that may be a part of a burial or ceremony, which is reasonably believed to have been placed with or near individual human remains at the time of death or later

NATIONAL NAGPRA The National NAGPRA Program: Funerary Objects Associated Funerary Objects: Objects that were made exclusively for burial purposes, or to contain human remains, and are linked with an identified set of human remains in possession or control of a museum or federal agency or rejoined with an identified set of human remains

NATIONAL NAGPRA The National NAGPRA Program: Funerary Objects Unassociated Funerary Objects: Objects in the possession or control of a museum or federal agency that are separated from the human remains that were buried with or cannot be connected to a specific individual

NATIONAL NAGPRA The National NAGPRA Program: Sacred Objects- Objects of Cultural Patrimony Objects that have historical, traditional, or cultural importance

NATIONAL NAGPRA The National NAGPRA Program: Activity: Objects What type of objects do you consider important in burials? Why is it important to only apply an individual culture’s views on burial customs to their specific items?

NATIONAL NAGPRA The National NAGPRA Program: Who may claim items Lineal descendant Indian tribe (includes Alaska native villages and corporations) Native Hawaiian organizations

NATIONAL NAGPRA The National NAGPRA Program: NAGPRA Grants Awarded to Indian tribes, Alaska native villages and corporations, native Hawaiian organizations, and museums for consultation, documentation, and repatriation of Native American cultural items on a project-by-project basis

NATIONAL NAGPRA The National NAGPRA Program: Activity: Can you name any Native American tribes that have ancestral land in Indiana? Can you name the tribes that were involved with the Treaty of Greenville?

NATIONAL NAGPRA The National NAGPRA Program: NAGPRA Grants Consultation Grants Repatriation Grants

NATIONAL NAGPRA The National NAGPRA Program: NAGPRA Grants Consultation Grants, used to determine: 1. Cultural Affiliation of items 2. Custody 3. Control 4. Treatment 5. Repatriation or Disposition

NATIONAL NAGPRA The National NAGPRA Program: NAGPRA Grants Repatriation Grants, used to : Transfer control

NATIONAL NAGPRA The National NAGPRA Program: Resources: