Anthropology 2229F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: L'Isle-Aux-Allumettes, Quebec, Native American Graves Protection And Repatriation Act, Bioarchaeology
15 Mar 2018
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Anthro 2229 march 15 notes on lecture 18 some of the things talked about relevant for assignment 2. In the us the 1990 native american graves protection and repatriation act (nagpra) applies to ancestral indigenous remains found on archaeological sites or housed in institutions - applies to government funded institutions or projects. If cultural af liation can be demonstrated, skeletons are returned to tribal groups and often reburied. Thousands of human skeletons have been repatriated since 1990. The debate now is over the future of the unaf liated remains. In canada there is no legislation similar to nagpra but a nagpra-like practice has developed. Archaeologists and museum curators are becoming much more sensitive to the issue and many museums and universities have repatriated indigenous skeletal material. I. e. allumette island morrison"s island sites - 5500 - 4500 year old remains were repatriated to a group of algonquin first nations.
