Admission to the program was not tied to entering pleas of guilt or innocence. If they remained conviction free for a year, all criminal charges related to assisting with the suicide were to be dropped. Native Americans' claims over sacred lands have been largely unsuccessful. However, efforts to regain Indian skeletal remains from museums so that they can be properly buried have met with some success. The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990 requires institutions receiving federal money to return human remains and any artifacts found with them to the tribes that want them, given that the tribes have proven they have a valid claim to them.
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