Update in Winnebago Tribe Suit against the Army over Remains of Indian Child at Carlisle

Here are the new pleadings in Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska v. United States Department of the Army (E.D.Va.):

U.S. Senators’ Letter to UC-Berkeley re NAGPRA Non-Compliance

Here.

ProPublica background reporting here.

Texas Observer: “Bringing the Dead Home”

“Thirty years after Congress passed the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, only a fraction of human remains held by Texas’ museums and universities have been returned.”

Here.

ASU Law: NAGPRA Panel on Nov. 16

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NAGPRA: 30 Years and Beyond

Monday, Nov. 16

12:00-1:30 p.m. MST

Join us as we commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and explore new opportunities for building on this landmark legislation.

Guest speakers:
– Suzan Harjo (Cheyenne & Hodulgee Muscogee) – Writer/Curator/Policy Advocate/President, Morning Star Institute
– Shannon O’Loughlin (Choctaw) – Executive Director and Attorney, Association on American Indian Affairs
– James Riding In (Pawnee) – Founding Member and Associate Professor, American Indian Studies, Arizona State University

The State Bar of Arizona does not approve or accredit CLE activities for the Mandatory Continuing Legal Education requirement. This activity may qualify for up to 1.0 hour toward your annual CLE requirement for the State Bar of Arizona.

Free webinar and open to the public.

Register for this free webinar at: law.asu.edu/nagpra 

NAGPRA 30 Years and Beyond

D.C. District Court Denies Manzanita Kumeyaay Effort to Stop Border Wall Construction

Here are the materials in Manzanita Band of Kumeyaay Indians v. Wolf (D.D.C.):

1 Complaint

7 Motion for TRO

16 Opposition

18 Reply

23 DCT Order

AAIA: 6th Annual Repatriation Conference (10/26-28/2020)

6th Annual Repatriation Conference
Growing Community & Moving Forward after 30 Years of NAGPRA


An ALL VIRTUAL Community Conference

October 26 – 28, 2020

The Association on American Indian Affairs and the University of Denver Museum of Anthropology is partnering for the 6th Annual Repatriation Conference.  Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the Conference will be completely virtual and formatted for active participation and networking among participants from Indian Country, institutions, federal agencies,  international institutions, attorneys, academics and others interested in repatriation and Indigenous human rights work.
This artwork was created especially for the 6th Annual Repatriation Conference by George Curtis Levi, who is a member of the Southern Cheyenne Tribe of Oklahoma and is also Southern Arapaho. This ledger art painting depicts how repatriation builds community and strengthens culture. It was painted on an antique mining document from Montana that dates from the 1890s. India ink and liquid acrylic paints were used.

Register here.

Conference program here.

Bridge Magazine: “In Michigan, rising lake levels disturb sacred ground”

Here.

The Tyee: “What If We’d Gone Hard for Treaties Instead of Fossil Fuels?”

Here.

CalMatters: “Native American tribes clash with UC over bones of their ancestors”

Here.

Eric Hemenway Appointed to the Michigan Historical Commission

Here.