Improving Cal NAGPRA: Honoring Native American Rights

<p>The California Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (Cal NAGPRA) became state law in 2001. Its purpose was to create a process whereby California tribes could seek to repatriate human remains and objects from their cultural heritage from museums and custodial institutions. Cal NAGPRA includes a number of shortcomings that have impeded the ability of tribes to successfully reclaim objects from their heritage. The ethical implications of museums retaining cultural objects and human remains, often confiscated from Native peoples or their tribal lands, has been a principal social justice topic of USF’s museum studies program. This capstone describes a legislative advocacy plan to amend Cal NAGPRA to address many of its statutory deficiencies, thereby honoring the spirit of this civil rights law and promoting full implementation of repatriation activities. </p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts in Museum Studies

Level thesis:degree_level

Project/Capstone - Global access

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Museum Studies

Year dc:date.available

2016

Author dc:creator

• Turner, Kim

Contributors dc:contributor

• Marjorie Schwarzer
• Paula Birnbaum

• museum studies
• Cal NAGPRA
• Native American
• legislative advocacy
• repatriation
• civil rights

Repository record dc:identifier

https://repository.usfca.edu/capstone/442

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:repository.usfca.edu:capstone-1463