Website of the Week

National NAGPRA, http://www.cr.nps.gov/nagpra/

This website from the National Park Service contains many documents dealing with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 U.S.C. §§ 3001 et seq. Included are:

• legal mandates and guidance, including the text of the original public law, House and Senate documents associated with the law, regulations, and Federal Register notices
• Native American Consultation Database, with contact information for tribal leaders
• announcements, procedures, findings, recommendations, and reports from the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee
• a collection of documents dealing with the Kennewick Man
• grant guidelines and forms.

If you would like to learn more about the Review Committee, consider attending their upcoming meeting in Seattle, Nov. 8-10, in Kane Hall on the UW Campus. Meetings are open to the public. For more information, see http://www.cr.nps.gov/nagpra/REVIEW/SeattleMeeting2002.htm.