Grave Injustice: The American Indian Repatriation Movement and NAGPRA

O’Brien, Sharon; Fine-Dare, Kathleen S.

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“…What might be considered the most visible seeds of a reckoning ethos in archaeology are the hard‐won changes to how archaeologists view and handle ancestral remains, as well as the ways spaces such as cemeteries are approached. There is abundant literature now on the fight for, consequences of, and remaining challenges to the repatriation legislation in the United States that would become the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA; Daehnke and Lonetree, 2011; Fine‐Dare, 2002; Kakaliouras, 2017; Marek‐Martinez, 2008; Mihesuah, 2000; Thomas, 2002). As it happens, 2020 marked the 30th anniversary of NAGPRA's passing.…”

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Fryer¹,

Dedrick

2023

American Anthropologist

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Dedrick

2023

American Anthropologist

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“…NAGPRA represented a historic victory for the rights of federally recognized Native American tribes when the legislative act passed into law in 1990 (Fine-Dare, 2002). NAGPRA, in part, created a legal avenue for Native communities and lineal descendants to pursue the return of legal control over Ancestors, as well as funerary and sacred objects and objects of cultural patrimony, from United States institutions (25 U.S.C.…”

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Biological samples taken from Native American Ancestors are human remains under NAGPRA

Bader

Carbaugh

Davis

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American Journal of Biological Anthropology

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In the United States, the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) provides a specific framework for the disposition of Native American Ancestral remains within its purview. However, samples such as a bone fragment, tooth, or other biological tissue taken from the remains of these Ancestors have been treated by institutions and researchers as independent of the individual from whom they were removed and used in destructive research such as paleogenomic and other archaeometric analyses without consultation, consent, and collaboration from Native American communities; are not cared for in keeping with the current best practices for Indigenous Ancestors; and are not likely to be repatriated to their communities.Here, we demonstrate that any biological samples removed from Ancestors who are covered under NAGPRA must also be handled according to the stipulations defined for "human remains" within the legislation. As such, we are not proposing a change to existing legislation, but rather best practices, specific to the context of the United States and NAGPRA, relating to the use of and care for biological samples taken from Native American Ancestors.

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“…Un aspecto relevante en el reconocimiento de los derechos de los pueblos originarios a nivel mundial es la repatriación de cuerpos de sus ancestros y sus objetos culturales (Arthur 2015), proceso que aborda críticamente su patrimonialización y su tratamiento científico referido a su desentierro, estudio, exhibición y conservación (Fine-Dare 2002). Este debate ha repercutido en la promulgación de leyes en Estados Unidos y Argentina, reformas legales en América, Europa y el Pacífico, así como declaraciones y códigos de ética profesional en distintos países, además de mecanismos internacionales sobre propiedad cultural y derecho indígena, destacando el reconocimiento del derecho de los pueblos indígenas a la repatriación de sus antepasados en la Declaración de las Naciones Unidas de 2007 (Ayala y Arthur 2020;Endere 2022;Fforde et al 2020;Fine-Dare 2002). La terminología empleada en estos procesos estableció de manera temprana una diferencia entre los conceptos boletín | Sociedad Chilena de Arqueología de restitución y repatriación (Simpson 1997).…”

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Procesos de repatriación, pueblos indígenas y arqueología: el caso atacameño

Ayala,

Candia,

Ogalde

et al. 2023

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Este artículo explora los procesos de repatriación de cuerpos humanos y objetos asociados, a partir del caso atacameño, del norte de Chile. Para ello se presenta un panorama internacional y nacional sobre esta temática, así como la legislación vinculada y sus repercusiones en la arqueología. Posteriormente, se abordan los antecedentes de un proyecto colaborativo en territorio atacameño, para después describir sus objetivos y lineamientos teórico-metodológicos, además de discutir los resultados obtenidos tanto en el estudio de procedencia como en la investigación comunitaria. En la conclusión se destacan las contribuciones de este trabajo en particular y de las experiencias de repatriación en general.

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Grave Injustice: The American Indian Repatriation Movement and NAGPRA

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Biological samples taken from Native American Ancestors are human remains under NAGPRA

Procesos de repatriación, pueblos indígenas y arqueología: el caso atacameño

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