
Jacob Ahwinona and Jack Fagerstromof the Nome and Chinik Eskimo communities examine collections objects during NAGPRA consultations in 2004
NCPTT, the Friends of NCPTT, and the National NAGPRA Program, will partner to offer a four-day course on the statute, regulations, requirements, and compliance aspects of NAGPRA. The objective is to introduce participants to the purpose and requirements of NAGPRA.
Classroom instruction will include discussions with NAGPRA representatives from Indian tribes who will share their responsibilities and experiences. The workshop will conclude with demonstrations of innovative technologies that can be used for documenting artifacts prior to repatriation as well as for current and future research.
The cost is $500 per participant.
National Park Service
Garden Level Rm. 10B
12795 West Alameda Parkway
Lakewood, CO 80228
POC: Tad Britt, NPS, (318) 521-5641
Please bring a Government approved ID.
No computers, only thumb drives.
Instructors:
Melanie O’Brien – National NAGPRA, National Park Service
Mary Carroll – Park NAGPRA, National Park Service
Jackie Cook — Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
Kim Penrod – Caddo Tribe of Oklahoma
Robert Z. Selden, Jr. – Stephen F. Austin University
Eric Blinman – New Mexico Office of Archaeological Studies
Day 1
8:30 am Welcome and Introductions
9:00 am Background on NAGPRA: Who, What, When, and Why (25 USC 3001)
10:00 am BREAK
10:15 am Process under NAGPRA for Collections: How (25 USC 3003-3004)
11:30 am LUNCH
12:30 pm Repatriation under NAGPRA (25 USC 3005)
1:00 pm Consultation and Cultural Affiliation under NAGPRA (43 CFR 10.14)
2:00 pm BREAK
2:30 pm NAGPRA Example Scenarios for Collections
Culturally Affiliated human remains
Culturally Unidentifiable human remains
Culturally Affiliated sacred objects
4:00 pm BREAK
4:15 pm Graves Protection under NAGPRA (18 USC 1170 and 25 USC 3007)
4:45 pm Wrap up
5:00 pm ADJOURN
Day 2
8:30 am Welcome and Recap
8:45 am Review of Background on NAGPRA: Who, What, When, and Why
9:15 am New Collections and “Future Applicability Rule (43 CFR 10.13)”
9:45 am Developing and updating a NAGPRA Inventory
10:30 am BREAK
10:45 am Developing and updating a NAGPRA Summary
11:30 am LUNCH
12:30 pm Culturally Unidentifiable Rule (43 CFR 10.11)
1:30 pm BREAK
1:45 pm NAGPRA Review Committee (25 USC 3006)
2:45 pm NAGPRA Grants (25 USC 3008)
3:30 pm BREAK
3:45 pm Introduction to Section 3: New Discoveries on Tribal or Federal Land
after Nov 16, 1990 (25 USC 3002)
4:45 pm Wrap up
5:00 pm ADJOURN
Day 3
8:30 am Welcome and Recap
8:45 am Section 3
Intentional Excavations
Inadvertent Discoveries
10:30 am BREAK
10:45 am Group Discussion
11:30 am LUNCH
12:30 pm Native American Perspectives:
Jackie Cook, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Washington
2:30 pm BREAK
2:45 pm Native American Perspectives:
Kim Penrod, Caddo Tribe of Oklahoma
4:45 pm Wrap up
5:00 pm ADJOURN
Day 4
8:30 am Welcome and Recap
8:45 am Technologies for repatriation
Eric Blinman – Minimally invasive archeometry technologies
10:30 am BREAK
10:45 am Technologies for repatriation
Eric Blinman – Minimally invasive archeometry technologies
11:30 am LUNCH
12:30 pm Technologies for repatriation
Robert Z. Selden, Jr.— High resolution 3-D scanning technologies
2:45 pm Technologies for repatriation
Robert Z. Selden, Jr. — High resolution 3-D scanning technologies
4:30 pm Class evaluation
5:00 pm ADJOURN
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