Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act

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United States federal law cultural heritage law human rights law

The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act is a U.S. federal law that requires museums and federal agencies to return Native American human remains and cultural items to their respective tribes and descendants.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
NAGPRA	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal law ⓘ cultural heritage law ⓘ human rights law ⓘ
administeredBy	National Park Service ⓘ United States Department of the Interior ⓘ surface form: U.S. Department of the Interior
appliesTo	Native American funerary objects ⓘ Native American human remains ⓘ Native American objects of cultural patrimony ⓘ Native American sacred objects ⓘ federal agencies of the United States ⓘ federal and tribal lands in the United States ⓘ museums receiving federal funds ⓘ
beneficiaries	Native Hawaiian organizations ⓘ federally recognized Indian tribes ⓘ lineal descendants of Native American individuals ⓘ
codifiedAt	25 U.S.C. § 3001 et seq. ⓘ
codifiedIn	United States Code ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
defines	cultural affiliation ⓘ funerary objects ⓘ lineal descendant ⓘ objects of cultural patrimony ⓘ sacred objects ⓘ
enactedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
enactmentYear	1990 ⓘ
establishes	a review committee to monitor and review implementation ⓘ civil penalties for museums that fail to comply ⓘ criminal penalties for illegal trafficking in Native American human remains and cultural items ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
prohibits	trafficking in Native American cultural items obtained in violation of the Act ⓘ trafficking in Native American human remains ⓘ unauthorized excavation or removal of Native American cultural items from federal and tribal lands ⓘ
protects	Native American burial sites on federal and tribal lands ⓘ
publicLawNumber	Public Law 101-601 ⓘ
purpose	to protect Native American graves ⓘ to provide for repatriation of Native American human remains and cultural items ⓘ to recognize the rights of Native American tribes and lineal descendants to certain cultural items ⓘ
relatedTo	American Indian Religious Freedom Act of 1978 ⓘ surface form: American Indian Religious Freedom Act Archaeological Resources Protection Act ⓘ surface form: Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979
requires	consultation with lineal descendants and culturally affiliated tribes ⓘ inventory of Native American human remains and associated funerary objects held by museums and federal agencies ⓘ repatriation of Native American human remains and cultural items upon request by lineal descendants or affiliated tribes ⓘ summary of unassociated funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony held by museums and federal agencies ⓘ
shortName	Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: NAGPRA
signedBy	George H. W. Bush ⓘ
signingDate	1990-11-16 ⓘ
subjectMatter	Native American cultural heritage ⓘ protection of burial sites ⓘ repatriation of human remains ⓘ
title	Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act self-link ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Native Americans → legalDocument → Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act ⓘ

American Indian Religious Freedom Act of 1978 → relatedTo → Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act ⓘ

Archaeological Resources Protection Act → relatedTo → Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act ⓘ

Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act → shortName → Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: NAGPRA

Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act → title → Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act self-link ⓘ