Definition

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. Consequently, this legislation also applies to many Native American artifacts, especially burial items and religious artifacts. It has necessitated massive cataloguing of the Native American collections of many museums in order to identify the living heirs, culturally affiliated Indian tribes, and Native Hawaiian organizations of remains and artifacts.

Website: http://www.cr.nps.gov/nagpra/

Map of all recognized Indian Reservations: http://www.cr.nps.gov/nagpra/DOCUMENTS/RESERV.PDF

List of all recognized Reservations: http://www.cr.nps.gov/nagpra/DOCUMENTS/ResMapIndex.htm

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