ARH309H1 Chapter : ARH309 Reading Notes Wk 5
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Ethics reading notes week 5: hill making a final resting place final. Native american graves protection and repatriation act (nagpra) changed all that: provided access to native remains and cultural items (objects of cultural patrimony) Haudenosaunee standing committee on burial rules and regulations (hscbrr: for dealing with new york not having an effective law to protect final resting places of ancient native americans. The hscbrr work with the six nations of the haudenosaunee to develop protocols and procedures for a coordinated approach related to protection of burial remains and to deal with related matters of repatriation. Priorities: what collections to pursue, where repatriated objects will be assigned. Lack of a successful burial site protection law has caused tremendous conflict between the natives, the archaeologists, local government and land developers. Field museum in chicago refuses to return human remains and to negotiate with the.
