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A reburial in Colorado in June 2016.  Supported by a NAGPRA grant, Native Nations, History Colorado, Colorado State University, Colorado Department of Natural Resources, and Colorado Commission of Indian Affairs, participated in this reinternment.
Credit: History Colorado

August 8, 2023 - WASHINGTON – The National Park Service (NPS) has announced $3.4 million in grants today to 16 Indian Tribes and 28 museums to assist in the consultation, documentation and repatriation of ancestral remains and cultural items as part of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). This is the largest amount of funding appropriated for NAGPRA grants since the Act was passed in 1990 and the funding program began in 1994. 

"The National Park Service is committed to supporting the critical work of Tribal consultations, documentation and repatriation,” said NPS Director Chuck Sams. “Returning sacred objects and remains through the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act grants ensures Tribes are able to honor and care for their ancestors as they have been doing so since time immemorial.” 

NAGPRA provides systematic processes for returning human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects, or objects of cultural patrimony to Native American and Alaska Native Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations. 

A total of 21 grants to seven Indian Tribes and seven museums will fund the transportation and return of human remains comprising of 11,354 ancestors, more than 10,400 funerary objects and 39 cultural items. 

The University of Colorado Museum and the University of Northern Colorado will assist six Native Nations in a reburial ceremony for 123 ancestors in southwestern Colorado. Grant funds will support travel costs for both museum and Tribal participants to attend the ceremony as well as labor and materials needed for the reburial. The joint project between the two universities reduces the overall costs for the reburial and reunites ancestors that have long been separate from each other and from their journey. More details on these repatriations are in the related Federal Register notices for the University of Colorado Museum and University of Northern Colorado.

FY 2023 NAGPRA Repatriation Grant Recipients

AK

Central Council Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska (3 grants)

$44,029

AK

Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska

$14,962

CA

Table Mountain Rancheria

$15,000

CO

Regents of The University of Colorado (2 grants)

$22,554

CO

University of Northern Colorado

$9,773

IL

Field Museum of Natural History

$14,087

IN

Ball State University

$10,255

MA

University of Massachusetts Amherst

$15,000

MI

Bay Mills Indian Community

$4,436

MT

Montana State University

$6,093

NM

New Mexico State University

$15,000

OK

Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma (5 grants)

$70,098

OK

The Chickasaw Nation

$14,990

WI

Stockbridge-Munsee Community

$15,000

 

Total

$271,277


A total of 34 grants to 11 Indian Tribes and 21 museums will fund consultation and documentation projects, such as staff travel, consultation meetings and research to support the repatriation process. 

The Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes, Alaska, seek to preserve their culture through the repatriation of items needed for ongoing ceremonial use by Clans and Tribes of the various Tlingit and Haida communities. Clans own these items, objects of cultural patrimony, because no person has an individual claim to them. These items are considered of central importance to the Clans, as they have the voice of the ancestors and have been in use from time immemorial, a point in time before any memory or record. They have a history to which no museum can relate and for which no museum can sing any related song. Through repatriation, items are being brought back to life, having lain dormant for decades or a century. The goal of this project is to consult with the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology at the University of California Berkeley and the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, so the objects that are culturally affiliated with the Tlingit & Haida can be welcomed back and reintegrated into ceremonial life.

FY 2023 NAGPRA Consultation/Documentation Grant Recipients

AK

Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological Repository

$99,713

AK

Central Council Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska

$99,122

AK

University of Alaska Fairbanks

$98,925

AZ

Arizona State University (2 grants)

$199,675

CA

Big Valley of Pomo Indians of The Big Valley Rancheria

$99,407

CA

Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake

$98,684

CA

Shingle Springs Rancheria

$100,000

CA

Susanville Indian Rancheria

$99,999

CA

Table Mountain Rancheria

$25,211

CA

University of California, Santa Barbara

$99,932

CA

Yurok Tribe

$98,713

CO

Western Colorado University

$81,616

FL

University of Florida

$99,897

GA

Georgia Department of Natural Resources

$94,914

GA

University of West Georgia

$99,417

IL

Northern Illinois University (2 grants)

$121,224

KS

State of Kansas, Kansas Historical Society

$100,000

MI

Michigan State University

$99,958

MO

University of Missouri System Curators

$100,000

MS

University of Mississippi

$85,580

MT

Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana

$99,286

ND

University of North Dakota

$100,000

NE

Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska

$100,000

NM

School For Advanced Research

$88,799

NY

Rochester Museum & Science Center

$99,997

OH

The Ohio Historical Society

$98,573

OK

Caddo Tribe of Oklahoma

$100,000

OK

Gilcrease Museum Management Trust

$74,574

OK

Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma

$78,794

SC

University of South Carolina

$99,953

WI

University of Wisconsin System

$93,785

WV

West Virginia Division of Culture and History

$99,975

 

Total

$3,135,723


NAGPRA requires federal agencies and institutions that receive federal funds (including museums, universities, state agencies, and local governments) to repatriate or transfer Native American human remains and other cultural items to the appropriate parties. Federal agencies and institutions must consult with lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, and Native Hawaiian organizations, evaluate repatriation or disposition requests for cultural items, and give public notice prior to repatriating or transferring. 

The NPS and DOI continue to improve the NAGPRA regulations to ensure Tribes and Native Hawaiians can bring their ancestors and cultural items home. In January 2022, the National Park Service hired a full-time investigator to enhance oversight and museum compliance with NAGPRA for the first time in in the Act’s 31-year history. In October 2022, the Department of the Interior published proposed changes to the NAGPRA regulations for consultation and public comment. In April 2023, the NAGPRA Review Committee reported to Congress on progress made and the barriers encountered while implementing NAGPRA during the previous fiscal year. This year, the NPS also hosted the first in-person Review Committee meeting since the pandemic.  

Enacted in 1990, NAGPRA requires museums and federal agencies to inventory and identify Native American human remains and cultural items in their collections, and to consult with Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations regarding repatriation. Section 10 of the Act authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to award grants to assist in implementing provisions of the Act. The National Park Service administers the National NAGPRA Program. 
Source: NPS