1. NATIONAL NAGPRA What is The National NAGPRA program?

2. NATIONAL NAGPRA The National NAGPRA Program: NAGPRA is The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act http://www.nps.gov/nagpra/

3. NATIONAL NAGPRA The National NAGPRA Program: Approved on November 16, 1990 Address the rights of Native Americans and Native Hawaiians to cultural items, including human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony http://www.nps.gov/nagpra/

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

5. 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

6. NATIONAL NAGPRA The National NAGPRA Program: Funerary Objects Associated Funerary Objects: Objects that were made exclusively for burial purposes 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

7. 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

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

9. NATIONAL NAGPRA The National NAGPRA Program: Part of The National Park Service Division of the U.S. Department of the Interior NAGPRA Regulations are outlined in 43 CFR Part 10 http://www.nps.gov/nagpra/mandates/43_CFR_10_12-4- 95.pdf http://www.nps.gov/nagpra/mandates/43_CFR_10_12-4- 95.pdf http://www.nps.gov/nagpra/

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

11. NATIONAL NAGPRA The National NAGPRA Program: Cultural: these items are significant to Native Americans. Their thoughts, feeling, desires, and wishes should be respected

12. NATIONAL NAGPRA The National NAGPRA Program: Social: Burial rites are a social tradition in Native American culture. Relationships are formed between museums and Native American communities that usually do not occur, at least in a respectful manner

13. NATIONAL NAGPRA The National NAGPRA Program: Economic: Repatriations and documentation may not occur at some museums without Federal funds. It is an expensive effort.

14. 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

15. 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

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

17. 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

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

19. 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

20. NATIONAL NAGPRA The National NAGPRA Program: NAGPRA Grants Repatriation Grants, used to : Transfer control to Native Americans They may rebury the remains and/or artifacts, present them in museums, or do with them whatever the group deems acceptable

21. NATIONAL NAGPRA The National NAGPRA Program: Resources: http://www.nps.gov/nagpra/INDEX.HTM http://www.cr.nps.gov/local-law/FHPL_NAGPRA.pdf http://www.nps.gov/nagpra/MANDATES/INDEX.HTM http://www.nps.gov/nagpra/ONLINEDB/INDEX.HTM http://www.repatriationfoundation.org/ http://www.in.gov/dnr/historic/3796.htm