NAGPRA

Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA)

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.

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Established in 2006 by seven of the country's leading national American Indian nonprofits including the Association on American Indian Affairs, the Native Ways Federation is the only federation in the U.S. purposed to directly serve Native non-profits that assist indigenous peoples and communities in Indian Country.

Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA)

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