What Is NAGPRA?
On November 16, 1990, Congress enacted the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Public Law 101-601, to provide for the protection and respectful treatment of Native American human remains and cultural items, including funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony. NAGPRA establishes requirements for the discovery and removal of human remains and cultural items from Federal or Tribal lands and provides a process for museums and Federal agencies to repatriate them, through consultation, to lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, and Native Hawaiian organizations.
NAGPRA at ºÚÁÏÉçÇø Polytechnic
The University of Wisconsin-Stout Polytechnic is committed to actively pursue the repatriation and disposition of Tribal ancestors and cultural items according to published regulations and in respecting the values and beliefs of Tribal communities and developing mutually beneficial partnerships.