NAGPRA Essentials

Overview

Review the compliance process for the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) for Indian tribes, Native Hawaiian organizations, federal agencies, and museums. Explore how consultation can inform inventories, summaries, and cultural affiliation, and the resulting notices, repatriations, and dispositions.

Detailed Agenda

Faculty

Jan I. Bernstein, founder and managing director, Bernstein & Associates NAGPRA Consultants, provides Indian tribes, Native Hawaiian organizations, museums, and federal agencies with NAGPRA implementation services, including training, grant writing, strategic plan development and  consultation planning and facilitation

and/or

Megon Noble, NAGPRA project manager, University of California, Davis, coordinates NAGPRA compliance efforts for the campus; previously the Archaeology NAGPRA coordinator with the Burke Museum, University of Washington, and taught museums collections management

or
 
Eric Hemenway, repatriation specialist and former NAGPRA Review Committee member, Anishinaabe, worked on numerous NAGPRA repatriation and disposition claims, coordination of repatriation involving multiple tribes, and reburials, managed NAGPRA grants, and consulted with museums across the country on appropriate care of NAGPRA materials

Evaluation Comments

“The seminar covered a lot of information about all aspects of NAGPRA, which was helpful.”
 
“I now have a good understanding of NAGPRA.”
 
“It gave me a good overview of the complexities of NAGPRA issues that may come up.”

Participants

Staff of Indian tribes, Alaska Native villages, Native Hawaiian organizations, museums, and federal agencies

Related Trainings

Archaeological Curation and Collections Management
Conservation Strategies for Archaeologists
NAGPRA on-demand videos, National NAGPRA Program and NPI 
Native America 101
Native American Cultural Property Law
Traditional Cultural Places

Locations and Dates

  • Albuquerque, NM
    May 30-31, 2024
    in cooperation with the
    Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, The University of New Mexico

  • Reno, NV
    September 10-11, 2024
     
  • Kansas City, MO
    November 14-15, 2024

Cost

$700 2 days / in-person seminar registration
$300 2 days / in-person seminar registration for full-time student; identification must be submitted at time of pre-registration
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Registration

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Seminar Location, Hours, and Hotels

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Certificates of Attendance

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Customized Training

NPI offers customized training to meet specific organizational needs at a location and time convenient for the sponsor. In-person seminars, online, on-demand courses, and/or webinars may be based on current NPI offerings or new preservation-related training may be developed.

Questions?

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