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• Harvard Crimson: Draft report details thousands of Indigenous remains owned by Harvard

• Cambridge City Council Calls On Harvard to Return Human Remains of Enslaved People, Native Americans

• Native American leaders call for Harvard to return human remains

• Alaska: Sun’aq Tribe and Alutiiq Museum Lay Four Ancestors to Rest

• After 150 years at New Zealand museum, Hawaiian ancestral remains repatriated

• Minnesota: Bois Forte celebrates historic return of tribal land 

• North Carolina: Guardians of the Land - Museum opens Indigenous peoples exhibit

Other News Articles

• Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History returns thousands of artifacts to Chumash

• Harvard Holds Human Remains of 19 Likely Enslaved Individuals, Thousands of Native Americans, Draft Report Says

• California school district removes 'chief' from job titles to respect Native Americans

• Native Americans Confront Racism in South Dakota

• Q&A: Benin Bronze heading home after 125 years

• Sacred items returned to Siksika Nation after 144 years in U.K. museum

• Five historical statues repatriated from USA to Nepal

• ‘We’re still here’: past and present collide at a Native American boarding school

• Peabody returns sacred scrolls, pipe tomahawk to White Earth tribe in repatriation ceremony

• Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Returns Thousands of Chumash Remains, Objects

• Scottish museum returns ancestral Hawaiian remains collected in 1800s by well-known anatomist

• U.S. museums are trying to return hundreds of looted Benin treasures

• Department of the Interior Releases Investigative Report, Outlines Next Steps in Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative 

• Canada: Chief Poundmaker’s sacred staff comes home

• Kansas monolith will be returned to Native American tribe

• 3-D Scans Reveal Gigantic Native American Cave Art in Alabama

• Sacred artifact that belonged to Chief Poundmaker repatriated after years of efforts

• Native Americans fight to keep traditions alive after COVID 

• Lenape Ancestors and Ceremonial Objects Finally Returned

• Kaw Nation leader recalls first visit to sacred rock

• Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site commemorates 15 years

• Costs for gravesite searches go beyond ground penetrating radar

• Rappahannock Tribe gets back 465 acres of ancestral homeland

• Scientific American: AAA apologizes for legacy of harm

• Cultural burnings to be used to prevent wildfires in CA

• Indiana DNR to investigate deaths at Native American residential schools

• An Artifact of Colonialism: The Canadian Government's Obligation to Assist Indigenous Repatriation Efforts

• Massachusetts museum accused of hoarding Indigenous artefacts and human remains for decades

• A Matter of Duty: Repatriating Ancestral Remains from Museum Abroad

• NAGPRA Symposium at U of Nevada, Reno

• Councils Call on UN to Protect Indigenous Peoples Living in War Stricken Ukraine

• Discussion: Protecting Sacred Sites

• Canada: 169 potential graves found at former residential school

• US modifies NAGPRA

• Burial Sites in Northwest Ohio Discovered using Geophysical Survey

• MS Band of Choctaw Indians partners with MSU Extension to mentor Native students

• Name Changes for Places on Federal Land

• Universities link Native American homelands to campus sites

• Senate Committee on Indian Affairs to Hold Hearing on 4 Legislative Bills

• Additional remains of boarding school victims discovered in Saskatchewan

• Germany returning ancestral remains to Hawaii

• The journey of the ancestral pole that once stood outside of the Milwaukee Public Museum

• Berkshire Museum Returns Objects to Stockbridge-Munsee Community

• University of Minnesota Repatriation

• Federal Law Continues To Push For Return Of Native American Artifacts, Remains

• Government Accountability Office: Federal Agency Efforts and Challenges Repatriating Cultural Items

• NPS hires first full-time NAGPRA Investigator

• US Senate Committee on Indian Affairs to hold NAGPRA oversight hearing

• Burial Site of at Least 50 Indigenous Children Found on Grounds of Former Residential School in Canada

• U.C. Berkeley repatriation of Wiyot people

• Native News Online: Funding is not the reason for repatriation delays

• Ground penetrating radar and Indian Boarding Schools

• CA Redwood Forest returned to Tribes

• Focus on Tribal Consultation and Incorporation of Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge in the Permitting Process

• DOI Invites Tribes to Consult on Infrastructure Bill

• Indigenous Futures Study Survey

• University of Alabama's response to Tribal claims

• Reflecting on 2021

• Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 101

• Cultural Survival Quarterly: Indigenous Languages for Indigenous Communities

• NPS Director Sworn In

• New York Tribal Members Advocate for Bill to Protect Unmarked Graves

• Indigenous-Centered Content to Binge During the Holiday

• Storytelling during the winter solstice

• Teaching museum in Wisconsin to return hundreds of individuals to Tribes

• Archival research suggests Native students from Morris Industrial School buried on U of Minnesota campus

• Repatriation Discussions for the 126 Natives Buried at the Only Government-Run Native Insane Asylum

• BIA Launches Missing and Murdered Indigenous Person's Website Dedicated to Solving Cases

• STOP Act passed by House

• NABS provides research on Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative to Dept. of Interior

• National NAGPRA rules Moundville individuals linked to Muskogean-speaking Tribes

• Tribes battle University of Alabama

• Burial Ground Under the Alamo Stirs a Texas Feud

• Tribes Sign Preservation Agreements with NPS

• Reflections of Native American Heritage Month

• Elders provide blessing and land acknowledgement in Macy's Parade

• Mississippi State University: Cobb Institute to work with Mississippi's Native American nations as part of NPS grant

• University of Alabama pushed to return Ancestors from Moundville

• NY Times: Researchers Identify Dozens of Native Students Who Died at Nebraska School

• Celebrating Indigenous Foods Day

• National Geographic: Photographers share reflections on their identity during Native American Heritage Month

• Five new initiatives issued during White House Tribal Nations Summit

• Honoring Native American Veterans

• Native News Online: Welcome to Native American Heritage Month

• Celebrating Cherokee Heritage

• NAGPRA at Fort Lewis College

• Indian Land Capital Company Helps Tribe reclaim Ancestral homeland

• Ancestors housed at The Field Museum returned to Dokis First Nation

• New California Dept. of Justice Executive Team includes Director of Native American Affairs to deal with CALNAGPRA

• President Biden declares November is National Native American Heritage Month

• Harvard Peabody releases interim research policy

• Vanity Fair: FBI removes 200,000 artifacts from Indiana man's home

• Country Music Trail Marker Unveiled at the Choctaw Indian Fair Site

• #EVERYTHINGBACK: AAIA Repatriation Conference

• Seminole Tribe requests Ancestors be returned from the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

• House Natural Resources Committee passes Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony (STOP) Act

• MDAH receives $291,000 grant for archaeology collections

• Fixing a NAGPRA Loophole: Native News Online

• Tribes ask University of Alabama to return artifacts from Moundville

• Coast Guard Repatriation in AK

• DOI Consults with Tribes on Boarding School Initiative

• Boarding School Legislation Reintroduced in Congress

• Illinois State Museum Closes Exhibit at Dickson Mounds While Consultation Takes Place

• White House Tribal Nations Summit

• White House Briefing Room: A Proclamation on Indigenous Peoples' Day

• My Internship at the Smithsonian: MDAH partners with the Smithsonian Institution to provide students with digital NAGPRA content

• NABSHC wants to teach Truth and Healing curriculum

• First Americans Museum opens in OK

• The American Indian Wars and the End of Treaties with Tribes

• Hurricane Ida Causes Damage to United Houma Nation Structures/Homes

• Retracing his ancestor's boarding school escape

• University of Illinois Gains Tribal Liaison

• Boarding School Healing Coalition Presses for Mental Wellness Resources

• Disputes over the disposition of sensitive collections shadow Peabody Museum

• Vice: Indigenous Communities Still Fighting for the Return of Ancestors

• USA Today: Barriers are Keeping Indigenous People from Protecting Sacred Spaces

• Sapiens: Haunted by My Teaching Skeleton

• Why Don’t Indigenous Children Buried at Carlisle and Other Former Indian Boarding Schools Qualify for Repatriation Under NAGPRA?

• Director of Archaeology Lab at UGA on collections practices, NAGPRA

• Osage Nation Conducts Blessing for Cast and Crew of Killers of the Flower Moon

• Native American Day in CA Now a Paid Holiday

• NY Times: Change in NAGPRA regulations will help repatriate 116,000 Native American remains and sacred objects

• DOI will host Tribes for NAGPRA update

• Native Americans press for the reburial of ancestors and return of cultural items

• California Bill to Grant Repatriation Rights to Federally Unrecognized Tribes

• Interior Department to Consult With Community Leaders on Major Changes to NAGPRA

• Ponca Tribe Asks for Repatriation of Tomahawk from Harvard

• FBI Seizes Thousands of Artifacts from Private Collector

• Muscogee Nation Proclaims Sovereignty Day

• MDAH: Chickasaw Remains Returned Home

• Latest News on Kamloops School: CNN

• Chickasaw Cultural Center to Reopen July 24

• Choctaw Cultural Center in OK Will Open July 23

• For the First Time Birmingham Museum of Art Returns Artwork to Tribes

• US v. Cooley Supreme Court Decision: The Muskogee Nation's Statement

• Private Museums Could Face NAGPRA Scrutiny When Accepting COVID Stimulus Funds

• The Muscogee Nation Drops 'Creek' From Its Name As Part Of Rebrand

• Museum of Anthropology: Looking at the Numbers: Cultural Affiliation & NAGPRA

• Associated Press: Website documents state's progress returning tribal remains

• Indiana: Indiana University, tribal nations complete Angel Mounds repatriation

• Oklahoma: Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma Repatriates 403 Human Remains from Mississippi

• The Smithsonian Magazine: Mississippi Returns Hundreds of Native Americans’ Remains to Chickasaw Nation 

• Associated Press: Chickasaw Remains Return

• Mississippi: Largest Repatriation of Native American Ancestors in State History

• Mississippi: MDAH Awarded NPS Grant to return Ancestors

• Native News: Repatriating Native Americans

• Oklahoma: Choctaw Nation to Repatriate 124 Ancestors

• Southern Illinois: Sacred artifacts reburied with Hopi, Navajo Ancestors

• Tennessee: Thousands of Ancestors' remains to return home

• Texas: Bringing the dead home

• Wyoming: Chief Black Coal's journey home

• Institution/Tribal Relations under NAGPRA

Podcasts and Videos

• Peabody Museum: Reimagining Museums: Disruption and Change Part I

• #ARCSchat: April 2022 Exploring NAGPRA and the 2021 Proposed Program Changes

• National NAGPRA Meeting 78

• 60 Minutes: The dark legacy of Canada's residential schools

• National Association of Scholars: The Repatriation Debate

• NAGPRA and the Indian Claims Commission

• Understanding NAGPRA

• Connecting Medical Examiner and Coroner Offices to Tribal Partners

• National NAGPRA Program: Meeting 74

• Love and Fury trailer

• Indian Boarding Schools: A Dark Chapter in History

• Muscogee Nation: Live Wire with Historic and Cultural Preservation

• Red Hoop Talk: The Repatriation Conference 

• Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma: Conversations with Chief

• Choctaw Nation Veteran's Day Ceremony 2021

• Sitting Bull's living relatives scientifically proven using DNA

• Carrying Our Ancestors Home

• Art Trafficking Exposed: University of Denver Pandora Papers

• AAIA: The Development of NAGPRA

• UGA Laboratory Archaeology Speaker Series: Rewriting Indigenous Archaeology and the Fight for Repatriation

• Little Loksi Shadow Puppets: Based on the book from Chickasaw Press

• National NAGPRA Program: NAGPRA Basics Training Part 2

• National NAGPRA Program: NAGPRA Basics Training Part 1

• Oklahoma Public Archaeology Network Tribal Histories Series with Dr. Ian Thompson

• Indigenous United podcast on Berkeley Talks

• Honor Native Land: U.S. Department of Arts and Culture

• No Stone Unturned: Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma

• Necessity of Repatriation

• NAGPRA's effects Native cultures from NPI's Preservation Profiles

• First Repatriation for the Mandan Hidatsa Arikara Nation

• Gary Batton - Chief of the Choctaw Nation on Fascination Street Podcast

• MDAH's NAGPRA on MPB's Mississippi Edition

• Plundered Skulls and Stolen Spirits: A Conversation with Chip Colwell and Gordon Yellowman

• Repatriation at UC Berkeley

• Repatriation is a Human Right: Red Hoop Talk Episode 61

• Heritage Voices on Archaeology Podcast Network: Dr. Jenny Davis Discusses Language Revitalization

Resources

NAGPRA is Changing!

See the most recent draft regulations from the National Park Service

NAGPRA Review Committee 

Meeting schedule and updates

STARR Website 

Southeastern Tribal Alliance for Repatriation and Reburial

NAGPRA Community of Practice

Raising awareness about NAGPRA implementation

Nationwide NAGPRA

See active and complete repatriations across the US

MDAH Archaeological Reports

Browse archaeological reports published by MDAH

Government Accountability Office

Federal Agency Efforts & Challenges Repatriating Cultural Items

Indigenizing the News

Centering Indigenous Stories and Educating Allies

Introduction to NAGPRA