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Newsflash

NAGPRA Report: +118,000 Native Americans Left In Storage

According to the NATHPO (National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers) report on NAGPRA, the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, released on 8/14/08, researchers determined that about 3 Million of NAGPRA funds were diverted to other things besides grants and +118,000 Native American remains are in libraries or museums.

The full article, in pdf format, can be found on the National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers (NATHPO) website:

http://www.nathpo.org/PDF/NAGPRA%20Report/Nagpra_Report_Press_release.pdf