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The AAIA Repatriation program has two components. In 1990, AAIA played a big role in obtaining the enactment of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), a law that protects grave sites on federal lands and requires the repatriation of human remains and cultural items to Indian people and tribes under certain circumstances. LINK TO NAGPRA SUMMARY SHOULD BE HERE. AAIA has been very involved in the implementation of NAGPRA, having facilitated repatriation of almost 2,000 human remains to Dakota tribes, as well as filing amicus briefs in NAGPRA cases, writing legal analyses of NAGPRA for public use and filing comments on proposed regulations. Recently, AAIA commenced a new and exciting initiative to encourage repatriation, together with the American Indian Ritual Object Repatriation Foundation. This repatriation project is a non-federally funded intercultural partnership committed to assisting in the return of sacred ceremonial material to the appropriate American Indian nation, clan, or family, and to educating the public about the importance or repatriation. The loss of ceremonial material has prevented many American Indian communities from passing ritual knowledge to future generations, consequently destroying traditions of prayer, medicine, and rites of passage. For further information contact: Karenne
Wood, Repatriation Coordinator, (240) 314-7158 About the Repatriation Foundation Project AAIA/AIRORF
Partnership Mending the Circle: A Native American Repatriation Guide LINK TO MENDING CIRCLE INSERT IMAGE Please contact us by e-mail at: kw.aaia@verizon.net If you do not have e-mail please write or call: ASSOCIAITON
ON AMERICAN INDIAN AFFAIRS If
you share our concern about repatriation, the religious freedoms of American Indians,
and the continuation of their spiritual traditions, we invite you to help us.
Your tax-deductible gift in support of our work will be greatly appreciated. PHOTO FROM DISK - THE GUY HOLDING UP THE FEATHERS
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