California & NAGPRA
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(NAGPRA = Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act)
This website is for students, faculty and community members who are interested in locating information related to repatriation issues. More specifically, this website's goal is to provide information about NAGPRA as it relates to California colleges and universities. (Links are still being built & gathered)
Information regarding Califonia State University, Long Beach (CSULB)'s regulations
The text of the federal NAGPRA bill. Use the following series of links: Public Laws; 101; 101-601 - 101-650; H.R.5237; Text of Legislation; HR.5237.IH; Beginning
Detailed information and exploration of NAGPRA
In the Light of Reverence: an account of the struggles of the Lakota in the Black Hills, the Hopi in Arizona and the Wintu in California to protect their sacred sites.
California Heritage Commission: describes both federal and state laws related to NAGPRA
For free California legal services concerning NAGPRA
Text of the California NAGPRA
Discussion of different sites effected by California NAGPRA
Recommended article:
Dumont, Clayton W., Jr. "The Politics of Scientific Objections to Repatriation," Wicazo Sa Review: A Journal of Native American Studies. Spring 2003, vol 18, no. 1. ISBN: 0-8166-4172-0.
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