NATIONAL NAGPRA

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NATIONAL NAGPRA
What is The National NAGPRA Program?
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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 http//www.nps.gov/nagpra/
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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 10
• http//www.nps.gov/nagpra/mandates/43_CFR_10_12-4-
  95.pdf
• http//www.nps.gov/nagpra/

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NATIONAL NAGPRA

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

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NATIONAL NAGPRA

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

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• 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

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• 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

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NATIONAL NAGPRA

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

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

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• The National NAGPRA Program
• Activity
• Why are human remains and the items used during a
  burial important in Native American culture?
• http//www.funeralwise.com/customs/native_american
  
• http//www.nanations.com/burialcustoms/index.htmI
  n
• http//www.nps.gov/nr/publications/bulletins/nrb41
  /nrb41_5.htm

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NATIONAL NAGPRA

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

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• 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

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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

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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

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NATIONAL NAGPRA

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

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• 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
  cultures views on burial customs to their
  specific items?

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

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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

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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?

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• The National NAGPRA Program
• NAGPRA Grants
• Consultation Grants
• Repatriation Grants

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• 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

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• The National NAGPRA Program
• NAGPRA Grants
• Repatriation Grants, used to
• Transfer control

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• 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