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NAGPRA EVENTS CALENDAR 2009-2010

FY2009 Consultation/Documentation Grants

June 8 Meeting minutes

June 3-4, 2010: Upcoming Review Committee meeting in Washington, DC, Department of Interior Auditorium. Lodging at the government rate is available at the Willard Hotel, group code OC6, while availability lasts.

October 30-31, 2009: NAGPRA Review Committee meeting in Sarasota, FL
Deadline dates for the meeting are below:

• June 29, 2009: Deadline for requesting, as appropriate, that the Review Committee convene parties and hear a dispute, or otherwise make findings of fact
• July 29, 2009: Deadline for requesting that the Review Committee make a recommendation on a CUI disposition agreement
• August 29, 2009: Deadline for a request to make a presentation to the Review Committee

What's New In Training...

September 14, 2009: New training offered! Determining Cultural Affiliation, Chicago, IL

September 15-16, 2009: Writing and Managing a Successful NAGPRA Grant, Chicago, IL

October 29, 2009: NAGPRA Basics Training, Sarasota, FL
Registration Form: first-come, first-served basis. No forms will be accepted after Sep. 24, 2009.

Other News...

FY09 Mid Year Report (May 2009)

June 30, 2009: Last day to apply for a FY2009 NAGPRA Repatriation Grant. Click here for FY2009 Grant Application Guidelines and Forms.

October 2009: Please check back in October for the FY2010 NAGPRA Consultation/Documentation application.

The online Culturally Unidentifiable Native American Inventories Database was updated July 2009.

Culturally Affiliated Native American Human Remains Not Published In Notices Report

FY2008 National NAGPRA Final Year Report Guidance on alleging that a museum as failed to comply with NAGPRA. Letter to Potentially Aggrieved Parties Alleging a Museum has failed to comply with the requirements of NAGPRA

For matters related to the Native Hawaiian community, visit The Office of Hawaiian Relations.

Secretary Salazar appoints Chairman Mervin Wright, Jr. to the NAGPRA Review Committee

On July 23, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar appointed Mervin Wright, Jr., Chairman of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe (Nevada), to serve on the NAGPRA Review Committee. He was nominated by the Comanche Nation (Oklahoma),  the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma and the  Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe. Chairman Wright is on the tribal repatriation committee.  He will be attending his first meeting in Sarasota, Florida on October 30-31, 2009.

Federal Recognition of the Wilton Miwok Rancheria
For details, see the supplementary information section of the notice published July 13, 2009.

Native American Consultation Database (NACD) The NACD is undergoing maintenance to improve the quality for the end user. The expected timeframe for updates should occur by October. For inquiries or questions, please send your request to the NACD Administrator at NAGPRA_info@nps.gov.


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The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) is a Federal law passed in 1990. NAGPRA provides a process for museums and Federal agencies to return certain Native American cultural items -- human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony - to lineal descendants, culturally affiliated Indian tribes, and Native Hawaiian organizations.

The National NAGPRA program assists the Secretary of the Interior with some of the Secretary's responsibilities under NAGPRA. Among its chief activities, National NAGPRA develops regulations and guidance for implementing NAGPRA; provides administrative and staff support for the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Commitee; assists Indian tribes, Native Alaskan villages and corporations, Native Hawaiian organizations, museums, and Federal agencies with the NAGPRA process; maintains the Native American Consultation Database (NACD) and other online databases; provides training; manages a grants program; investigates allegations of failure to comply; and makes program documents and publications available on the Web.