12/02/2009
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"So, according, again, to the Department, since NAGPRA was enacted, apparently only 21 percent of museums subject to the Act have resolved all Native American human remains that are under their control..."
"While the protections afforded in NAGPRA may not be applicable in every instance, I do hope that this committee can have a discussion on how NAGPRA's already existing Federal framework may be one of t..."
"Because the role that the ANCs had been playing, as you point out now, for two decades, had really helped facilitate not only the inventory but the ability to work on the repatriation efforts."
"NAGPRA recognizes that human remains of any ancestry must at all times be treated with dignity and with respect."