GAO’s Review of the Smithsonian Institution’s Repatriation Efforts
GAO is conducting this work in response to a request from the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs and the House Committee on Natural Resources. This is a follow-on review to GAO’s first repatriation issued on July 29, 2010 entitled Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act: After Almost 20 Years, Key Federal Agencies Still Have Not Fully Complied with the Act (GAO-10-768).
Contact Information for Team Members with GAO’s National Resources and Environment Team:
Jeff Malcolm, Assistant Director, 202.512.6536, malcolmj@gao.gov
Mark Keenan, Senior Analyst, 202.512.8691, keenanm@gao.gov
Emily Hanawalt, Senior Analyst, 202.512.7567, hanawalte@gao.gov
GAO’s Review of the Indian Arts and Crafts Act
GAO is conducting this work in response to a request from the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Contact Information for GAO’s Natural Resources and Environment Staff:
Jeff Malcolm, Assistant Director, 202.512.6536, malcolmj@gao.gov
Brad Dobbins, Analyst-in-Charge, 415.904.2278, dobbinsb@gao.gov
Michelle Loutoo Wilson, Analyst, 202.512.3936, wilsonml@gao.gov
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GAO Report, "NATIVE AMERICAN GRAVES PROTECTION AND
REPATRIATION ACT: After Almost 20 Years, Key Federal Agencies Still Have Not Fully Complied With The Act."
Almost 20 years after NAGPRA, key federal agencies still have not fully complied with the act for their historical collections acquired on or before NAGPRA's enactment. GAO examined NAGPRA implementation in detail for eight
key federal agencies with significant historical collections: Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Bureau of Reclamation (BOR), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and NPS; Agriculture's U.S. Forest Service; the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps); and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).
New Events Calendar On NATHPO Website
NATHPO has integrated an interactive calendar into our website. Click on CALENDAR on the upper menu on any page, or click here, to see our most up-to-date listing of relevant events, or to submit an event for inclusion on the schedule.
NATHPO Announces New Online Museum Courses
Thanks to a grant from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers (NATHPO) has expanded the National Native Museum Training Program. Tribally operated museums are primarily developed with the mission to preserve, perpetuate, and revitalize the cultural and historic heritage of native peoples. NATHPO was awarded $260,498 to be matched by $287,568 in non-federal funds and services and was only one of seven (7) grant awards made in the 21st Century Museum Professionals program.
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NATHPO Testifies on NAGPRA to the U.S. House of Representatives Full Committee on Natural Resources
On October 7, 2009, the National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources, which held a full committee oversight hearing on the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA).
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to view the webcast of the hearing
NATHPO created the National Native Museum Training Program to benefit tribal museums and the people they serve based on a demonstrated need and is an outgrowth and response to the IMLS-funded study, “Tribal Museums in America.”
Goals of this four-year initiative are to provide a variety of training opportunities for established tribal museum directors and existing and future tribal museum personnel that will prepare them to achieve their mission. Program activities will also extract best practice methods that will be shared throughout the museum profession.
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Federal Agency Implementation Of NAGPRA
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Founded in 1998, the Association is a national, non-profit corporation comprised of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers and associate member tribes. NATHPO's overarching purpose is to support the preservation, maintenance and revitalization of the culture and traditions of Native peoples of the United States. This is accomplished most importantly though the support of Tribal Historic Preservation Programs approved by the National Park Service.