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NAGPRA
Training
NAGPRA Basics Training
NAGPRA Webinars
Additional NAGPRA Trainings
NAGPRA Training Videos
Below is a list of training opportunities available through the National NAGPRA Program or its partners.
NAGPRA Basics Training
The National NAGPRA Program has generally sponsored an in-person NAGPRA Basics training on the day preceding a NAGPRA Review Committee meeting. NAGPRA Basics training covers the background of NAGPRA, the consultation and decision making process, notices, grants, and civil penalties. Both new and veteran NAGPRA practitioners have found this training to be helpful in their work. NAGPRA Basics is tuition-free, but participants must fund their own travel and incidental expenses, as no grants are available to attend this training. For additional information, contact David Tarler at 202-354-2108 or NAGPRA_info@nps.gov.
Date: Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012
Location: Washington, DC
Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, 4th Floor Training Room, 4th St. and Independence Ave., S.W., Washington, DC, 202-633-1000
Cost: Free (registration is required and on a first-come, first-served basis)
In addition, NAGPRA Program staff members might be available to provide customized on-site training. For more information, contact David Tarler at 202-354-2108 or email NAGPRA_info@nps.gov.
NAGPRA Webinars
The National NAGPRA Program is offering a series of webinars on various topics related to the implementation of NAGPRA. The webinars are free, and we encourage you to register early. For those who have not participated in a webinar, you will need a computer with internet access and a phone (preferably a speaker phone with muting capabilities – no cell phones, please). You will be taken through a written presentation on your computer and be able to hear, ask questions and participate in the discussion over the phone. Essentially, you will receive a full training without leaving your desk. Plus, you can have as many people gather around your phone and computer as you like. For those without computer access, you may register for a webinar and access the session by phone only, using a paper copy or electronic copy of the materials to follow the written presentation. Please advise us when you register if you will need a copy of the materials in order to follow the written presentation.
Webinar Registration
To register, send an email to nagpra@rap.midco.net. Include the name and date of the webinar in the subject line and the following information in the body of the message:
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Once registered, you will receive an email response with information for accessing the webinar.
Note: Please add nagpra@rap.midco.net to your Contacts list so future emails do not get filtered out by the spam filters.
Upcoming Webinars:
June 28, 2012, 2:00 to 4:00 pm (EDT) -
NAGPRA Notices: Types, Process & Content
The notice process, Notices of Inventory Completion (including the similarities and differences between culturally affiliated and culturally unidentifiable notices), and Notices of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items will be explained in detail. In addition, Notices of Intended Disposition, Summaries and Inventories will be briefly discussed. This webinar is designed for Federal agency and museum staff working on NAGPRA compliance issues, and NAGPRA practitioners interested in better understanding the notice process. This session will be directed toward those who are new to the NAGPRA process. Melanie O'Brien, Notice Coordinator, National NAGPRA Program, will present the session. Registration deadline is June 25.
July 25, 2012, 2:00 to 4:00 pm (EDT) -
State Protocols and NAGPRA
Discoveries of Native American human remains and other NAGPRA cultural items on state and private land are governed by state law. However, if the state takes possession or control of these discoveries pursuant to state law, these items are considered new collections, subject to Sections 5, 6, and 7 of NAGPRA. These items are also subject to 43 CFR 10.13, the section of the regulations that address the continuing duty to comply with NAGPRA. To navigate the intersection of state and Federal law, states may develop NAGPRA protocols to tailor the process for that state. Proposed state protocols may be presented to the NAGPRA Review Committee for their advice and recommendations, which are forwarded to the Secretary of Interior. A state protocol approved by the Secretary of Interior clarifies the process of complying with both state and Federal law for purposes of NAGPRA. To date, only Colorado and Iowa have NAGPRA state protocols. It may be advantageous for other states to develop these as well. In this webinar the advantages, development, approval, and implementation of state protocols will be discussed. Bridget Ambler of History Colorado worked on the Colorado NAGPRA Protocol. Sheila Goff of History Colorado is responsible for implementing the Colorado NAGPRA Protocol. Carla Mattix, attorney-advisor in the Department of the Interior, advises the NAGPRA Review Committee, and reviews the protocols submitted to the Secretary of Interior. Registration deadline is July 23.
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Additional NAGPRA Trainings
National Preservation Institute
The National NAGPRA Program has partnered with the National Preservation Institute (NPI) to offer in-depth training on various issues related to NAGPRA implementation. Open to Federal agencies, museums, Indian tribes, Native Hawaiian organizations, and others interested in NAGPRA, these trainings are designed to provide participants with practical knowledge and tools needed to support their NAGPRA efforts.
Seminars
Below are the National NAGPRA-NPI partnership trainings to be offered in 2012 through NPI. Descriptions of of NPI seminars, registration forms, costs, and scholarship information are available on the National Preservation Institute’s website at http://www.npi.org.
NAGPRA: Databases, Summaries, Inventories, and Notices
Review the summaries and inventories requirements for the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). Each Federal agency and museum with control over Native American human remains and cultural items must complete and submit a Summary and/or Inventory to Indian tribes/Native Hawaiian organizations and the National NAGPRA Program. These documents are the basis for writing a Federal Register notice, allowing for repatriation or other disposition. Discuss NAGPRA requirements and ongoing responsibilities under the Future Applicability rule (43 CFR 10.13) for Summaries and Inventories. Compliance documentation (inventories and summary information) is available in the form of online databases created by the National NAGPRA Program. Using these databases, learn how to identify Indian tribes for consultations, evaluate the data supplied by museums and Federal agencies, and explore ways the data can be utilized to further NAGPRA compliance.
Date: Apr 24, 2012
Location: Denver, CO
Trainers: Megon Noble, Burke Museum, University of Washington;Jaime Lavallee, S.J.D. Candidate, University of Arizona, Rogers College of Law; and Mariah Soriano, National NAGPRA Program
Registration and scholarship information
NAGPRA: Determining Cultural Affiliation
Review the tools and best practices for determining cultural affiliation as part of the requirements of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). Each Federal agency and museum with control over Native American human remains must identify cultural affiliation if it can do so on the basis of reasonable belief. Discuss NAGPRA requirements, definitions of critical terminology, grant assistance, and the consultation and review process.
Date: Apr 25, 2012
Location: Denver, CO
Trainers: Mary Anne Kenworthy, Department of Interior, and Megon Noble, Burke Museum, University of Washington
Registration and scholarship information
NAGPRA: Writing and Managing a Successful Grant
The National NAGPRA Program offers grants to assist museums, Indian tribes and Native Hawaian organizations with the implementation of NAGPRA. The NAGPRA process may include consultation, documentation, and repatriation or other disposition of human remains and cultural items. Learn how to assess the needs of a NAGPRA program, identify fundable projects, and write and manage a successful grant. Review case studies of grant applications and projects.
Date: May 22-23, 2012
Location: Santa Fe, NM
Trainers: Sangita Chari, National NAGPRA Program, and Jan Bernstein, Bernstein and Associates
Registration and scholarship information
Additional Seminars Offered Through NPI
In addition to the above National NAGPRA-NPI partnership programs, the National Preservation Institute offers a variety of ongoing trainings that support NAGPRA compliance. Detailed seminar descriptions, agendas, and registration information are located on the National Preservation Institute’s website.
Financial Assistance through the National Preservation Institute
Scholarships
Representatives from museums with an operating budget of $250,000 or less are eligible to apply to NPI for a scholarship for the following seminars: NAGPRA:Determining Cultural Affiliation; NAGPRA: Databases, Summaries, Inventories, and Notices; and NAGPRA: Writing and Managing a NAGPRA Grant.
Representatives from federally recognized Indian tribes, and Native Hawaiian organizations are eligible to apply to NPI for a scholarship for the seminars NAGPRA:Determining Cultural Affiliation; NAGPRA: Databases, Summaries, Inventories, and Notices; and NAGPRA: Writing and Managing a NAGPRA Grant. They also are eligible to apply to NPI for a scholarship for the following NPI seminars:
- Section 106: An Introduction
March 5-7, Honolulu, HI
April 24-26, Sacramento, CA
May 1-3, Chicago, IL
September 11-13, Indianapolis, IN
October 2-4, Denver, CO
October 15-17, Phoenix, AZ
Registration and scholarship information
Travel Grants
Representatives from Indian tribes, Native Hawaiian organizations, and small museums with operating budgets of $250,000 or less are eligible to apply to NPI for a $500 travel grant to attend NAGPRA: Writing and Managing a Successful Grant.
Click here to download a copy of the scholarship and travel grant form.
NAGPRA Training Videos
The NAGPRA Video Project began in October 2008 with the mission to create a training series that would include grant-writing tips, first-person narratives, program statistics, anecdotal evidence, and in-depth, engaging coverage of the entirety of the law and its consequences. The National NAGPRA Program has conducted fifty interviews in ten cities across the country. These interviews with tribal members, museum officials and Federal agency representatives have created a historic archive of resources on consultation, grants, notices, law making, dispositions, documentation and repatriation. Along with the interviews, the National NAGPRA Program was also able to complete taping and initial video segments on:
- NAGPRA Notices
- NAGPRA Grants
- Consultation under NAGPRA
- Decision-making under NAGPRA
- NAGPRA Civil Penalties
- NAGPRA Review Committee
- The Development of NAGPRA
- NAGPRA
Production on the NAGPRA Video series is complete. Some of the videos have been shown to the Review Committee. The segment “History of NAGPRA” premiered during the NAGPRA at 20 symposium. The entire eight-segment series is now available to the public on demand, through the National NAGPRA Program’s Official YouTube Channel.
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