{"id":588,"date":"2025-05-02T21:47:53","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T21:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/museum-capstone\/?p=588"},"modified":"2025-05-02T21:53:57","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T21:53:57","slug":"coming-into-compliance-how-to-navigate-nagpra-cece-coleman-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/museum-capstone\/2025\/05\/02\/coming-into-compliance-how-to-navigate-nagpra-cece-coleman-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Coming into Compliance: How to Navigate NAGPRA Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In the context of museums, repatriation is a form of reparations, in which ancestors and cultural objects that were taken illegally or unethically are returned to their communities of origin. The major legislation on repatriation in the U.S. is the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), which was originally passed in 1990. Its regulations, however, were most recently updated in January of 2024. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During my research on these new regulations, I realized that there is a lack of resources available to museums that outline how to navigate NAGPRA, so I compiled research from archaeological and legal scholars and interviewed museum professionals to create an introductory course. Its goal is to help U.S.-based museum professionals just getting started with repatriation develop plans for achieving NAGPRA compliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class='panopto-iframe'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<iframe \n\t\t\t\t\t\tsrc='https:\/\/smith.hosted.panopto.com\/Panopto\/Pages\/Embed.aspx?id=acd8c373-d39a-4b7a-829d-b2d10155dbb6&amp;autoplay=false&amp;offerviewer=true&amp;showtitle=true&amp;showbrand=true&amp;captions=false&amp;interactivity=all'\n\t\t\t\t\t\twidth='720'\n\t\t\t            height='405'\n\t\t\t            frameborder='0'\n\t\t\t            allowfullscreen='true'\n\t\t\t            allow='autoplay'\n\t\t\t\t\t><\/iframe>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Bibliography<\/summary>\n<p>American Alliance of Museums.<em> <\/em>\u201cSample Documents.\u201d <em>American Alliance of Museums<\/em>, 7 Feb. 2020, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aam-us.org\/sample-documents\/\">https:\/\/www.aam-us.org\/sample-documents\/<\/a>.<br><br>Angeleti, Gabriella. \u201cUS Museums Cover Native American Displays as Revised Federal Regulations Take Effect.\u201d <em>The Art Newspaper<\/em>, 29 Jan. 2024, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theartnewspaper.com\/2024\/01\/29\/us-museums-nagpra-native-american-displays-new-regulations\">https:\/\/www.theartnewspaper.com\/2024\/01\/29\/us-museums-nagpra-native-american-displays-new-regulations<\/a>.<br><br>Brown, Michael F., and Margaret M. Bruchac. \u201cNAGPRA from the Middle Distance.\u201d <em>Imperialism, Art and Restitution<\/em>, edited by John Henry Merryman, 1st ed., Cambridge University Press, 2006, pp. 193\u2013217.<br><br>Despain, Gabrielle. \u201cA Look Into NAGPRA: Application, Issues, and the Future.\u201d <em>Wyoming Law Review<\/em>, vol. 24, no. 1, Feb. 2024, pp. 139\u201361. <em>DOI.org (Crossref)<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.59643\/1942-9916.1500\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.59643\/1942-9916.1500<\/a>.<br><br>Domeischel, Jenna, and Angela Neller. \u201cLessons from NAGPRA: Preparing Institutions for an African American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.\u201d <em>Advances in Archaeological Practice<\/em>, vol. 12, no. 1, Feb. 2024, pp. 13\u201319. <em>DOI.org (Crossref)<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/aap.2023.40\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/aap.2023.40<\/a>.<br><br>Jacobs, Julia, and Zachary Small. \u201cLeading Museums Remove Native Displays Amid New Federal Rules.\u201d <em>The New York Times<\/em>, 26 Jan. 2024. <em>NYTimes.com<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/01\/26\/arts\/design\/american-museum-of-natural-history-nagpra.html\">https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/01\/26\/arts\/design\/american-museum-of-natural-history-nagpra.html<\/a>.<br><br>Olsen, Riane. <em>Museum Morals: Re-Evaluating the Collection, Exhibition, and Repatriation of Indigenous<\/em>. 2024. Colorado State University. <a href=\"https:\/\/api.mountainscholar.org\/server\/api\/core\/bitstreams\/7773bfb8-08ce-4c5c-923a-43c557baa1af\/content\">https:\/\/api.mountainscholar.org\/server\/api\/core\/bitstreams\/7773bfb8-08ce-4c5c-923a-43c557baa1af\/content<\/a>.<br><br>U.S. Department of the Interior, Office of the Secretary. \u201cNative American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act Systematic Processes for Disposition or Repatriation of Native American Human Remains, Funerary Objects, Sacred Objects, and Objects of Cultural Patrimony.\u201d <em>Federal Register<\/em>, 13 Dec. 2023, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2023\/12\/13\/2023-27040\/native-american-graves-protection-and-repatriation-act-systematic-processes-for-disposition-or\">https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2023\/12\/13\/2023-27040\/native-american-graves-protection-and-repatriation-act-systematic-processes-for-disposition-or<\/a>.<br><br>U.S. National Park Service.<em> <\/em>\u201cTemplates.\u201d <em>U.S. National Park Service &#8211; Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act<\/em>, 30 Sept. 2024, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/subjects\/nagpra\/templates.htm\">https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/subjects\/nagpra\/templates.htm<\/a>.<br><br>Yan, Emily. \u201cA Revised NAGPRA: Evaluating Progress Towards Repatriating Native American Ancestral Remains and Belongings in the Wake of Revised Federal Regulations &#8211; Center for Art Law.\u201d <em>Center for Art Law<\/em>, 21 Jan. 2025, <a href=\"https:\/\/itsartlaw.org\/2025\/01\/21\/a-revised-nagpra-evaluating-progress-towards-repatriating-native-american-ancestral-remains-and-belongings-in-the-wake-of-revised-federal-regulations\/\">https:\/\/itsartlaw.org\/2025\/01\/21\/a-revised-nagpra-evaluating-progress-towards-repatriating-native-american-ancestral-remains-and-belongings-in-the-wake-of-revised-federal-regulations\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Image sources<\/summary>\n<p>In order of appearance:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Screenshot from AP Art History A &amp; B course catalog page. <a href=\"https:\/\/montanadigitalacademy.org\/course-catalog\/ap-art-history\/\">https:\/\/montanadigitalacademy.org\/course-catalog\/ap-art-history\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cearth globe.\u201d popcornarts &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/stock.adobe.com\/\">stock.adobe.com<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201ctimeicon.\u201d Fragneel &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/stock.adobe.com\/\">stock.adobe.com<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Entrance facade of the American Museum of Natural History. <em>Tripadvisor<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tripadvisor.com\/Attraction_Review-g60763-d210108-Reviews-American_Museum_of_Natural_History-New_York_City_New_York.html\">https:\/\/www.tripadvisor.com\/Attraction_Review-g60763-d210108-Reviews-American_Museum_of_Natural_History-New_York_City_New_York.html<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Moon, Jeenah. Visitors at the American Museum of Natural History\u2019s Hall of the Great Plains. <em>The New York Times<\/em>, 2024, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/01\/26\/arts\/design\/american-museum-of-natural-history-nagpra.html\">https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/01\/26\/arts\/design\/american-museum-of-natural-history-nagpra.html<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Covered display cases in the Halls of the Ancient Americas and the Hall of Northwest Coast and Arctic Peoples at the Field Museum in Chicago on Jan. 18, 2024. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/2024\/01\/24\/off-display-as-new-rules-about-native-american-artifacts-go-into-effect-the-field-museum-and-others-in-illinois-must-comply\/\">https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/2024\/01\/24\/off-display-as-new-rules-about-native-american-artifacts-go-into-effect-the-field-museum-and-others-in-illinois-must-comply\/<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Entrance facade of the Field Museum in Chicago. <a href=\"https:\/\/letsgotothemuseum.wordpress.com\/2022\/11\/19\/field-museum\/\">https:\/\/letsgotothemuseum.wordpress.com\/2022\/11\/19\/field-museum\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Entrance facade of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peabody_Museum_of_Archaeology_and_Ethnology#\/media\/File:Peabody_Museum,_Harvard_University_-_exterior_2.JPG\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peabody_Museum_of_Archaeology_and_Ethnology#\/media\/File:Peabody_Museum,_Harvard_University_-_exterior_2.JPG<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Entrance facade of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art#\/media\/File:Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art_(The_Met)_-_Central_Park,_NYC.jpg\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art#\/media\/File:Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art_(The_Met)_-_Central_Park,_NYC.jpg<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cHumanoid walking.\u201d Bogdan Rosu Creative &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/stock.adobe.com\/\">stock.adobe.com<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201chand drawn arrow icons set doodle style..\u201d kaisorn &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/stock.adobe.com\/\">stock.adobe.com<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cTeam Planning Over Business Concepts In Meeting.\u201d AntonioDiaz &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/stock.adobe.com\/\">stock.adobe.com<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cYellow adhesive paper tape isolated.\u201d Kwangmoozaa &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/stock.adobe.com\/\">stock.adobe.com<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cquestion mark.\u201d moonii &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/adobe.stock.com\/\">adobe.stock.com<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cbackarrow arrow undo back fill small vector icon.\u201d Ralf\u2019s icons &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/stock.adobe.com\/\">stock.adobe.com<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Clark, Chip. Scientists examine plants stored at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington. <em>Smithsonian Institution<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/03\/23\/science\/science-museums-online-collections.html\">https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/03\/23\/science\/science-museums-online-collections.html<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cfiles.\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/vegefox.com\/\">vegefox.com<\/a> &#8211; stock.adobe.com<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Screenshot from \u201cChoosing an Artwork Inventory System\u201d blog post. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joanmitchellfoundation.org\/journal\/choosing-an-artwork-inventory-system\">https:\/\/www.joanmitchellfoundation.org\/journal\/choosing-an-artwork-inventory-system<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201creport.\u201d Muhammad &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/stock.adobe.com\/\">stock.adobe.com<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>American Alliance of Museums logo. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aam-us.org\/programs\/about-aam\/the-aam-logo\/\">https:\/\/www.aam-us.org\/programs\/about-aam\/the-aam-logo\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cLike and dislike SVG icon set for website and mobile applications.\u201d Anees &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/stock.adobe.com\/\">stock.adobe.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/details>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the context of museums, repatriation is a form of reparations, in which ancestors and cultural objects that were taken illegally or unethically are returned to their communities of origin. The major legislation on repatriation in the U.S. is the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), which was originally passed in 1990. 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