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NEGPRA
Insights on Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA)
What it is
One of the crucial issues that Messenger and Bender (2019) highlight relate to the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). From the onset, it would be prudent to note that this happens to be an instrumental federal law in efforts to ensure that fairness, respect, and dignity is observed in the treatment of any ancestrys human remains and various cultural items. Indeed, as the National Park Service NPS (2019) points out, one instrumental/pivotal aspect of this particular statute happens to be the acknowledgement that human remains and other cultural items removed from Federal or tribal lands belong, in the first instance,tolineal descendants, Indian Tribes, and Native Hawaiian organizations.
Relevance
According to the NPS (2019), one of the greatest benefits of this particular federal law is that it facilitates respectful return. This, as the NPR further points out, enhances understanding and promotes dialogue between native organizations and tribes and museums. This is the very same benefit of NAGPRA that Messenger and Bender (2019) advance. Indeed, in the words of the authors, the ability to form respectful relationships through consultation opens the door for tribes and institutions both to build trust and to consider permissible research (Messenger and Bender, 2019, p. 98). The authors are...…research ethics, but also indigenous people rights. Further, awareness of the federal law could come in handy in efforts to further explore Native American history. When it comes to graduate students, Messenger and Bender (2019) are categorical that students at this level are more likely to become practitioners who will actively encounter repatriation or NAGPRA-related work (100). For this reason, the authors are convinced that this particular group ought to develop better comprehension of NAGPRA compliance processes. They also need to be skilled in matters relating to gathering insights from a wide range of stakeholders including, but not limited to, cultural specialists, professionals in museum and tribal repatriation efforts,…
References
Messenger, P.M. & Bender, S.J. (2019). History and Approaches to Heritage Studies. University Press of Florida.
National Park Service –NPS (2019). Facilitating Respectful Return. https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nagpra/index.htm
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