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Repatriation Issues

SAA detailed comments on proposed regulations on disposition of culturally unidentifiable human remains

Repatriation Archive

Electronic copies of SAA's official documents and correspondence concerning repatriation issues are available at http://rla.unc.edu/saa/repat/.

Previous Announcements

• SAA Detailed Comments on proposed Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act regulations on disposition of culturally unidentifiable human remains
  January 14, 2008
• SAA Statement on the Dept. of the Interior Proposed Rule for Disposition of CUHR (11/07)
• NPS Draft Regulations on Culturally Unidentifiable Human Remains (PDF)
  October 16, 2007
• SAA Presentation before NAGPRA Review Committee on Unclaimed Cultural Items (PDF)
  April 20, 2007
• SAA comments on proposed rule for disposition of unclaimed human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony (PDF)
  November 28, 2005
• SAA testimony on S. 536 (section 108), a proposed amendment to NAGPRA, before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs (PDF)
  July 28, 2005
• SAA comments on proposed NAGPRA regulations on future applicability (PDF)
  January 17, 2005
• SAA Statement on Proposed NAGPRA Amendment
  October 5, 2004
• Ninth Circuit Declines Appeal on Kennewick Decision
  April 27, 2004
• U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision on Kennewick Man. (PDF)
  February 25, 2004
• 1998 National Park Service testimony on guidelines for scientific study under NAGPRA (PDF)
  February 13, 2003
• News Release: SAA Responds to the Kennewick Man Court Decision (PDF version)
  September 3, 2002
• Link to Jelderks' Kennewick Man Decision (PDF)
  August 30, 2002
• Letter from SAA Legal Counsel to NPS regarding Department of the Interior Authority Concerning Culturally Unidentifiable Human Remains Under NAGPRA. (PDF)
  February 7, 2002
• SAA comment letter regarding California NAGPRA bill. (PDF)
  June 7, 2001
• On June 4, 2001, SAA filed with the US District Court in Portland, Oregon an Amicus Curiae brief in the case of Bonnichsen, et. al. vs US
  June 5, 2001
• SAA position paper on The Secretary of the Interior's September 21, 2000 Determination of Cultural Affiliation for Kennewick Man (Also, read the statement by the American Association of Physical Anthropologists)
  October 14, 2000
• SAA testifies before Senate Indian Affairs Committee on NAGPRA oversight. Click here to read the oversight hearing.
  July 25, 2000
• The National Park Service seeks public comments on the NAGPRA Review Committee's Draft Principles of Agreement Regarding the Disposition of Culturally Unidentifiable Human Remains. SAA has provided formal comment to the Review Committee through a Letter and attached Line-by-line Comments. The American Association of Physical Anthropologists has also commented on the Draft Principles. The Review Committee takes comments seriously and SAA encourages its members to respond to Review Committee draft. Comments are due September 3.
  August 30, 1999
• The National Park Service seeks public comments on its Draft Principles of Agreement regarding the Disposition of Culturally Unidentifiable Human Remains
  July 14, 1999
• Statement of the Society for American Archaeology and the American Association of Physical Anthropologists to the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs regarding the implementation of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
  April 20, 1999
• Letter to the Secretary of the Interior, Bruce Babbitt, regarding request for legal review of critical issues in the implementation of NAGPRA
  April 13, 1999
• Letter to the Secretary of the Interior, Bruce Babbitt, regarding museum requests for extensions for NAGPRA inventories
  April 6, 1999
• SAA Policy concerning the Treatment of Human Remains