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FY2016 National NAGPRA Program Report
Minutes and Transcripts for the 60th Review Committee Meeting
Dec. 6, 2016: 61st Review Committee Meeting (telephonic) Agenda and meeting materials
Mar. 15-16, 2017: 62nd Review Committee Meeting (Denver, CO)
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Jul. 11, 2017: 63rd Review Committee Meeting (telephonic)
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Unclaimed Cultural Items from Federal Lands Sample List and List Templates
Final Rule on NAGPRA Regulations - Definition of ``Indian Tribe", 43 CFR 10 (Federal Register, June 11, 2014, Vol. 79, No. 112, 33482)
Review Committee Meeting Minutes and Transcripts (1992-current)
Final Rule on NAGPRA Regulations (Federal Register, May 9, 2013, Vol. 78, No. 90, 27078-27084)
Watch Us On National NAGPRA Channel YouTube
A Quick Guide to NAGPRA
What's New in Training
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NAGPRA Grants Awarded
Four NAGPRA grants were awarded to 2 tribes and 2 museums. View the press release.
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Upcoming Review Committee Meetings
March 14, 2017: A public event will be held in conjunction with the Review Committee meeting. Complete this form to register for the Public Roundtable and Open Forum, History Colorado.
Mar. 15-16, 2017: The 62nd Review Committee Meeting will meet on March 15-16, 2017, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.(Mountain) at History Colorado, 1200 Broadway St., Denver, CO, 80203. A limited number of reduced-rate rooms are available on a first-come first-served basis at The Art Hotel (across the street from History Colorado). Please call 303-572-8000 and reference the NAGPRA meeting. The agenda and meeting materials will be posted on or before February 15, 2017. RSVP here to attend the meeting.
July 11, 2017: The 63rd Review Committee Meeting will meet via teleconference on July 11, 2017, from 2:00 p.m. until approximately 6:00 p.m. (Eastern). The agenda and materials will be posted on or before June 13, 2017.
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NAGPRA Consultation/Documentation and Repatriation Grants Awarded
Thirty-four NAGPRA grants were awarded to 14 tribes and 14 museums. View the press release.
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The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) was enacted on November 16, 1990, to address the rights of lineal descendants, Indian tribes, and Native Hawaiian organizations to Native American cultural items, including human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony. The Act assigned implementation responsibilities to the Secretary of the Interior. Staff support is provided by the National NAGPRA Program, including:
- Publishing notices for museums and Federal agencies in the Federal Register,
- Creating and maintaining databases, including the Culturally Unidentifiable Human Remains Inventories (CUI) Database,
- Making grants to assist museums, Indian tribes, and Native Hawaiian organizations in fulfilling NAGPRA,
- Assessing civil penalties on museums that fail to comply with provisions of the Act,
- Providing staff support to the NAGPRA Review Committee and for the Annual Report to Congress,
- Providing technical assistance to Federal agencies where there are excavations and discoveries of cultural items on Federal and Indian lands,
- Promulgating implementing regulations, and
- Providing technical assistance through training, website information, reports prepared for the Review Committee, supporting law enforcement investigations and direct personal service.
The National Park Service has compliance obligations for parks, separate from the National NAGPRA Program. National NAGPRA is the omnibus program, the constituent groups of which are all Federal agencies, museums that receive Federal funds, tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations and the public. |
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