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16
November
1990

NAGPRA creates a legal route for Indigenous repatriation claims

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📅 16 November 1990 📍 Verenigde Staten

The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act became law. It addressed Native American human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects and cultural patrimony held by covered institutions, and protections on federal and tribal lands. The legislation challenged museum and research practices that had subordinated Indigenous authority over ancestors and cultural heritage.

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Native American tribes

Native Hawaiian organizations

United States Congress