Resources by Topic  |  Sacred Sites and Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation

Fact Sheet: Protection of Native American Sacred Places - (U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs). Prepared for the Coalition to Protect Native American Sacred Places by the Morning Star Institute. Provides a definition of Native American sacred lands and facts about the history and current laws regarding sacred place protection.

Kennewick Man Virtual Interpretive Center - (Tri-City Herald, Associated Press, and other wire services). Among information about the Kennewick Man case, this web site includes links to digital copies of relevant legal documents and news stories.

National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers - "NATHPO's overarching purpose is to support the preservation, maintenance and revitalization of the culture and traditions of Native peoples of the United States." The web site provides publications about NAGPRA, tribal tourism, tribal museums, information about relevant state and tribal laws, and more.

National NAGPRA Database - (National Park Service, National Center for Cultural Resources). Laws, regulations, guidance, tribal contacts...

Native American Graves and Repatriation Act, 2007 Amendment documents - (Native American Rights Fund). Briefing paper on Senate Bill 2087, testinomy and more.

NAGPRA and the U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Reclamation - Information about the Bureau's activities with regard to this act, and includes links to inventory notices.

Native American Repatriation & Reburial: a Bibliography - (Stanford University). Compiled by Barb Bocek, Stanford archaeologist, 1992.

State Repatriation, Reburial and Grave Protection Laws - State-by-state guide, 1997.

 

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Laws and sacred sites, see:

"Challenges to sacred site protection," by Rebecca Tsosie, 83 Denv. U. L. Rev. 963.

Cohen's handbook of federal Indian law : 2005 edition.

"Old ground and new directions at sacred sites on the western landscape," by Kristen A. Carpenter, 83 Denv. U. L. Rev. 981.

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Index of current NARF cases (see the section titled "Religious Freedom / Sacred Sites")


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