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Resources
for Federal Agencies
NAGPRA requires
Federal agencies to complete inventories and summaries of Native
American cultural items in their collections, publish notices in
the Federal Register, and repatriate Native American human remains,
funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony
to lineal descendants and culturally affiliated Indian tribes and
Native Hawaiian organizations. Under NAGPRA, Federal agencies are
required to consult government-to-government with Indian tribes
in carrying out NAGPRA, and Federal agencies also have special NAGPRA
responsibilities when Native American human remains and items are
discovered on Federal and tribal lands.
Learn
More About NAGPRA
Working with Tribes and Native Hawaiian
Organizations
Working with Museums and Repositories
Working with the National NAGPRA Program
Additional Resources
Learn More About NAGPRA
The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act and its
implementing regulations contain many specialized terms and requirements,
and apply to United States museums and Federal agencies.
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Frequently Asked Questions
about NAGPRA.
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Law and Regulations
includes current regulations, as well as legislative and regulatory
history.
- Regional consultations for the development of 43 CFR 10.7 (Disposition of unclaimed human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony) are in progress.
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Training
in NAGPRA implementation is offered regularly by National NAGPRA.
- NAGPRA
Glossary provides definitions for the specialized terms
used in NAGPRA.
- National
NAGPRA reports are the official reports of National NAGPRA
program activities.
Working with Tribes and Native Hawaiian Organizations
Federal agencies are required to consult government-to-government
with Indian tribes when carrying out NAGPRA, and identifying appropriate
tribal consultants is an important step in the NAGPRA process. In
addition to collections related activities, Federal agencies also
have special responsibilities under NAGPRA when Native American
human remains and objects are discovered on Federal and tribal lands.
- Executive
Orders on Consultation between Federal agencies and Indian
tribes.
- Native
American Consultation Database provides an easy way to
identify a current official contact for Indian tribes, Alaska
Native villages and corporations, and Native Hawaiian organizations.
- Map
of Indian Reservations in the continental United States.
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Map of Judicially Established Indian Lands
based on decisions of the Indian Claims Commission.
- Tribal
Historic Preservation Offices have responsibility for
reviewing Federal agency undertakings on tribal lands pursuant
to Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act.
- Grants
are available to Indian tribes for consultation with Federal agencies
in the NAGPRA collections inventory and identification process,
and to assist with repatriation costs. Federal agencies may not
apply for NAGPRA grants.
- Notices
of Inventory Completion are published by Federal agencies
and document their determinations regarding the cultural affiliation
of Native American human remains and associated funerary objects.
- Notices
of Intent to Repatriate are published by Federal agencies,
and document their determinations regarding the cultural affiliation
and identification of unassociated funerary objects, sacred objects,
and objects of cultural patrimony.
- Notices
of Intended Disposition are published by Federal agencies
prior the disposition of Native American human remains, funerary
objects, sacred objects, or objects of cultural patrimony discovered
on Federal or tribal lands after November 16, 1990.
Working
with Museums and Repositories
Many collections that originate from Federal lands are cared for
by nonfederal repositories. Generally, Federal agencies retain control
of collections from their lands, even if the collections are cared
for in a nonfederal repository. The Federal agency also has NAGPRA
responsibility for such collections. In cases where collections
from Federal lands are cared for by a repository, the repository
is said to have "physical custody" of the collection,
while the Federal agency has "control."
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CFR 79 "Curation of Federally-Owned and Administered Archeological
Collections" specifies the requirements for caring
for Federal collections, and includes requirements for providing
Indian tribes with access to federally-owned archeological collections.
- Notices
of Inventory Completion are published by Federal agencies
and document their determinations regarding the cultural affiliation
of Native American human remains and associated funerary objects.
Museums and agencies often publish joint notices for museum collections
that are federally controlled.
- Notices
of Intent to Repatriate are published by Federal agencies,
and document their determinations regarding the cultural affiliation
and identification of unassociated funerary objects, sacred objects,
and objects of cultural patrimony. Museums and agencies often
publish joint notices for museum collections that are federally
controlled.
- Contaminated
Collections. Federal agencies and museums are required
to notify the recipients of repatriations of any presently known
treatments used on cultural items.
Working with the National NAGPRA Program
In addition to providing technical assistance, the National NAGPRA
program publishes Federal Register notices on behalf of museums
and agencies, administers the NAGPRA grants program, maintains the
Native American Consultation Database, and provides staff support
to the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review
Committee.
- Regional consultations for the development of 43 CFR 10.7 (Disposition of unclaimed human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony) are in progress.
- Notices.
National NAGPRA provides templates to be used in preparing draft
Federal Register Notices.
- Review
Committee. The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation
Review Committee facilitates the resolution of repatriation disputes
and considers requests for the disposition of culturally unidentifiable
human remains. National NAGPRA provides staff support to the Review
Committee.
- Contact
National NAGPRA
Additional Resources
A variety of information related to NAGPRA and cultural resource
preservation is available.
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