NATIONAL NAGPRA

What is The National NAGPRA Program?

NATIONAL NAGPRAThe 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/

NATIONAL NAGPRAThe 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/

NATIONAL NAGPRAThe National NAGPRA Program:

• Has more than a legal meaning

• Cultural

• Social

• Economic

NATIONAL NAGPRAThe National NAGPRA Program:

• Activity:

• In what ways does the National NAGPRA program

have a cultural, social, and economic meaning?

NATIONAL NAGPRAThe 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 NAGPRAThe 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 NAGPRAThe National NAGPRA Program:

• Activity: Jurisdiction

• Why would only Federal agencies and

organizations that receive Federal money be

governed by this Act?

NATIONAL NAGPRAThe National NAGPRA Program:

• What items are covered:

• Native American Human Remains

• Funerary objects

• Associated Funerary Objects (AFO)

• Unassociated Funerary Objects (UFO)

• Sacred Objects

NATIONAL NAGPRAThe 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.htm#In

http://www.nps.gov/nr/publications/bulletins/nrb41/nrb41_5.htm

NATIONAL NAGPRAThe National NAGPRA Program:

• Native American Human Remains

• Physical remains of a human body of a person of

Native American ancestry

NATIONAL NAGPRAThe 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 NAGPRAThe 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 NAGPRAThe 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 NAGPRAThe National NAGPRA Program:

• Sacred Objects- Objects of Cultural Patrimony

• Objects that have historical, traditional, or

cultural importance

NATIONAL NAGPRAThe 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 NAGPRAThe National NAGPRA Program:

• Who may claim items

• Lineal descendant

• Indian tribe (includes Alaska native villages and

corporations)

• Native Hawaiian organizations

NATIONAL NAGPRAThe 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 NAGPRAThe 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 NAGPRAThe National NAGPRA Program:

• NAGPRA Grants

• Consultation Grants

• Repatriation Grants

NATIONAL NAGPRAThe 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 NAGPRAThe National NAGPRA Program:

• NAGPRA Grants

• Repatriation Grants, used to :

• Transfer control

NATIONAL NAGPRAThe 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