Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA)

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​In 1990, AAIA played a key role in obtaining the enactment of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), a law that protects grave sites on federal lands and requires the repatriation of human remains and cultural items to Indian people and tribes under certain circumstances. AAIA has been very involved in the implementation of NAGPRA, having facilitated repatriation of almost 2,000 human remains to Dakota tribes, as well as filing amicus briefs in NAGPRA cases, writing legal analyses of NAGPRA for public use, providing NAGPRA training, and filing comments on proposed regulations.

• NAGPRA Compliance Information
• NMAI Act Summary

Video Narrated by former AAIA Executive Director Jack Trope