Developing Comprehensive Agreements on a Designated Cultural Landscape

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Beyond Collections: Federal Archaeology and "New Discoveries" under NAGPRA" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The northern San Juan region in southwestern Colorado reflects the ancestral homelands for 26 federally-recognized tribes. BLM’s Canyons of the Ancients National Monument is a designated cultural landscape per Presidential Proclamation and contains the highest archaeological site density in North America. Discoveries on the Monument are governed by NAGPRA, Section 106, and ARPA. Since 2013, the BLM has been consulting with tribes to develop a NAGPRA comprehensive agreement that outlines a programatic approach to guide tribal consultation and disposition for new discoveries. From the beginning, consulting tribes have lead the effort to develop a process that addresses tribal concerns while creating a more efficient decision-making process.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Beyond Collections: Federal Archaeology and "New Discoveries" under NAGPRA   •
• Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)

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Abstract Id(s): 25932