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HARVARD: FREE OUR ANCESTORS

The Association on American Indian Affairs calls on Harvard to comply with NAGPRA 

On February 18, 2021 the Association sent a letter to Harvard University President Lawrence S. Bacow calling on Harvard to comply with NAGPRA and require the free, prior and informed consent of Native Nations before research can be performed on those collections.

Read our Letter

Read the letter here, then take action and help us!

Take Action

You can help strengthen our efforts with Harvard by adding to our voice!
fill out 
this form to show your support for the repatriation of Ancestors and cultural items from Harvard.
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News and Media

  • ​Listen to the Harvard Crimson Podcast, A Legacy Revealed, Episode 4, starting timestamp 18:45 - May 1, 2021, with Sonya Atalay, Shannon Martin, Shannon O'Loughlin and Colleen Medicine
  • "After criticism, Harvard's Peabody Museum will revise its policies on repatriating Native American objects," The Art Newspaper  - April 1, 2021
  • Harvard's Peabody Museum apologizes for denying Tribes access to funerary items, and updates its policies to allow their repatriation - March 26, 2021
  • "Native American Nonprofit Accuses Harvard of Violating Federal Graves Protection and Repatriation Act," The Harvard Crimson - March 12, 2021
  • The Association on American Indian Affairs calls on Harvard to comply with NAGPRA after three decades of institutional racism - February 18, 2021

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​The Association is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3)
publicly supported organization.
​We do not take federal grants.

The Association is governed by an all-Native
Board of Directors and leadership team. 

The Association is an accredited charity and meets all 20 standards of the BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU. 
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The Association has achieved the highest rating - PLATINUM - from GuideStar, now known as Candid​

100 Years of Advocacy


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The Association is celebrating its 100th year of service in Indian Country. We have changed the course of federal Indian law and policy away from termination and genocide towards sovereignty, self-determination and healing. Help us move forward even stronger into our next 100 years!

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