Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, or NAGPRA, case studies and controversy Click here to read our introductory post about NAGPRA and museums. If there are common NAGPRA issues between tribes and museums today, usually it is a matter of museums being unintentionally out of federal compliance (museum-compiled summaries and inventories left out objects […]
The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, or NAGPRA, and museums After NAGPRA was passed into law in 1990, museums, universities and federal institutions (under the umbrella of NAGPRA) had three years to compile inventories and summaries of human remains and objects. These lists were sent to federally-recognized tribes and National NAGPRA in Washington, […]