Perspectives, Policies, and Practices: How Thoughtful NAGPRA Implementation Can Change Everything

Summary

This is an abstract from the "In Search of Solutions: Exploring Pathways to Repatriation for NAGPRA Practitioners (Part III)" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The Alabama Department of Archives and History has actively engaged in NAGPRA compliance work since 2018. In that time our NAGPRA and indigenous collections care policies have changed as our perspectives have grown and been shaped by consultation and relationship building with tribal partners and with participation in NAGPRA communities of practice. Our agency has undertaken a multifaceted reevaluation of its collections care and access policies with a scope that goes beyond Ancestral remains and objects subject to the law. This presentation details our institutional history of care for culturally sensitive materials, outlines our desired trajectory of long-term policy making and partnerships with tribal entities, and will also address how culturally respectful collections care has impacted our museum’s interpretation of indigenous histories.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)   •
• In Search of Solutions: Exploring Pathways to Repatriation for NAGPRA Practitioners (Part III)

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Abstract Id(s): 39381.0