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Resources
for Museums
NAGPRA requires
museums that receive Federal funds 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.
Learn
More About NAGPRA
Working with Tribes and Native Hawaiian
Organizations
Working with Federal Agencies
Working with the National NAGPRA Program
Additional Resources and Professional Associations
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.
Working with Tribes and Native Hawaiian Organizations
NAGPRA requires museums to consult with Indian tribes and Native
Hawaiian organizations in completing inventories and summaries of
Native American cultural items in their collections, and to repatriate
Native American human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects,
and objects of cultural patrimony as appropriate.
- 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.
- Map
of Judicially Established Indian Lands based on decisions
of the Indian Claims Commission.
- Grants
are available for museums to consult with tribes in the NAGPRA
collections inventory and identification process, and to assist
with repatriation costs.
- Notices
of Inventory Completion are published by museums and document
their determinations regarding the cultural affiliation of Native
American human remains and associated funerary objects.
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Notices of Intent to Repatriate
are published by museums and document their determinations regarding
the cultural affiliation and identification of unassociated funerary
objects, sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony.
- Contaminated
Collections. Museums are required to notify the recipients
of repatriations of any presently known treatments used on cultural
items.
Working with Federal Agencies
Many museum collections originate from Federal lands. Generally,
Federal agencies retain control of collections from their lands,
even if the collections are cared for in a museum. The Federal agency
also has NAGPRA responsibility for such collections. In cases where
collections from Federal lands are cared for by a museum, the museum
is said to have "physical custody" of the collection,
while the Federal agency has "control."
- Map
of Military Bases. This low-resolution map is one resource
for identifying Department of Defense lands that could be the
source of museum collections.
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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.
- Links
to Federal agency cultural resource web pages. Connect
directly to other Federal agencies to learn more about their NAGPRA
activities.
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.
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Notices.
National NAGPRA provides templates to be used in preparing draft
Federal Register Notices.
- Grants.
National NAGPRA administers the NAGPRA grants program, and can
provide assistance during the proposal writing process.
- 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 and Professional Associations
A variety of information related to NAGPRA, museum practice, and cultural resource
preservation is available.
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