Introducing Respect in NAGPRA Repatriation Efforts

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dc.contributor.advisorLafrenz Samuels, Kathrynen_US
dc.contributor.advisorPalus, Matthewen_US
dc.contributor.authorUlmer, Jessica Alayneen_US
dc.contributor.departmentAnthropologyen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-27T05:49:59Z
dc.date.available2022-09-27T05:49:59Z
dc.date.issued2022en_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis addresses the repatriation efforts of the Texas Historical Commission (THC) over the legacy collections subject to the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) housed at THC’s Curatorial Facility for Artifact Research. The passage of NAGPRA provided a formal process for tribes to reclaim their ancestors. This led to the question addressed in this thesis: how is this change in perspective reflected in the best practice methodology developed by the Texas Historical Commission (THC) in preparing a collection for repatriation prior to the notice of inventory? The THC is dedicated to following the spirit of NAGPRA as well as the letter of the law to make a new model on records compilation, rehousing efforts and consultation with the tribes during the repatriation process. The methods in the model were compiled while acknowledging that the human remains were once ancestors with living descendants that have burial customs different from Anglo-American burials. Best practices are a process and can be altered with new information. Through these repatriation efforts, the THC has provided a model for best practices and methodology to follow which can be applied throughout the United States.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/mec7-mckm
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/29417
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledCultural resources managementen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledbest practicesen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledconsultationen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledNAGPRAen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledrepatriationen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledTexas Historical Commissionen_US
dc.titleIntroducing Respect in NAGPRA Repatriation Effortsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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