Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act Law and Legal Definition
The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990 requires the federal agencies and institutions that receive federal funding to return the Native American cultural items and human remains to their respective peoples. Cultural items include funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony.
The Act authorizes a program of federal grants to assist in the repatriation process.
The Act is a major piece of legislation that became law in the USA on 16 November 1990 and which provided a series of rights by which native groups can influence the deposition and treatment of human remains and associated artifacts.
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- Native Hawaiian Educational Organization [Education]
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