Beyond NAGPRA: Centering Cultural Sovereignty and Indigenous Knowledge Systems
Channel: UCLA Library
Date: 2022-06-13

May 18, 2022 | Session three of "Contested Collections: Grappling With History and Forging Pathways for Repatriation," a virtual symposium hosted by the UCLA Library's International and Area Studies Department: https://bit.ly/uclal-symposium.

The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) is the law that covers repatriation in the United States. Considering its limitations, what is the responsibility of libraries, archives, and museums in relinquishing ownership of other Native items? How have other countries dealt with repatriation? The panelists examined these issues, provided repatriation examples, and discussed how Indigenous communities, knowledge systems, and processes could and should be centered moving forward.

Speakers (in order of appearance):

– Wendy Giddens Teeter, Cultural Resources Archaeologist, Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians

– Mishuana Goeman (Tonawanda Band of Seneca), Professor of Gender Studies and American Indian Studies; Special Advisor to the Chancellor on Native American and Indigenous Affairs, UCLA

– Chief Mutáwi Mutáhash (Many Hearts) Lynn Malerba (Mohegan Tribe), Lifetime Chief

– Jennifer R. O’Neal (The Confederated Tribes of Grande Ronde), Assistant Professor, Department of Indigenous, Race, and Ethnic Studies, University of Oregon

– Moderator: Camille Callison (Tahltan Nation), University Librarian, University of the Fraser Valley; Co-Lead, National Indigenous Knowledge and Language Alliance