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Montana Free Press: Indian lawmakers tout legislative successes (March 18, 2025)
Members of Montana’s American Indian Caucus say they have been able to advance priority bills in the state legislature. 
Native America Calling: Repatriation is a human rights issue (February 24, 2025)
Repatriation advocates have had some recent progress in both policy and practice when it comes to getting important items returned to tribes. 
Secretary Doug Burgum takes over Department of the Interior (February 3, 2025)
The Department of the Interior, the federal agency with the most trust and treaty responsibilities in Indian Country, officially has a new leader. 
Cronkite News: Arizona governor promises $7 million for NAGPRA work (January 30, 2025)
“It is time for the state to take repatriation seriously,” said Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs (D). 
The new administration of President Donald Trump continues to send conflicting messages about a controversial freeze on federal funds, resulting in ongoing uncertainty for tribal nations.
Native America Calling: New momentum to preserve mounds (December 12, 2024)
A bill to protect the Ocmulgee Mounds in Georgia is making progress in Congress. 
Oneida Nation reclaims ancestors held by museum at Harvard University (December 4, 2024)
The Oneida Indian Nation has reclaimed the remains of seven ancestors who were being held by the Peabody Museum in Massachusetts. 
Cronkite News: Museum continues to move slowly on repatriation (December 3, 2024)
Arizona State Museum is still not in compliance with NAGPRA, more than three decades after repatriation became the law. 
Alaska Federation of Natives: A significant step towards healing and justice (October 25, 2024)
“This apology is an important step forward, but it must be accompanied by meaningful actions addressing these historical injustices’ ongoing impacts,” said AFN President Benjamin Mallott. 
President Joe Biden is highlighting his administration’s Indian Country achievements as he prepares to visit a tribe in Arizona.
President Biden celebrates Native winners of National Humanities Medal (October 22, 2024)
As his time in the White House winds down, President Joe Biden continues to celebrate and champion Native artists and Native cultures. 
Muscogee Nation claims victory in long-running dispute over sacred grounds (October 17, 2024)
A federal appeals court has revived a long-simmering dispute between two tribal nations but both parties remain far apart on what the decision means for sacred Creek land 
National Park Service awards $3 million in repatriation grants (September 3, 2024)
Tribes and institutions across the nation are receiving federal funds to support the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. 
The Cherokee Nation’s story contains more than our fair share of chapters where we struggled for survival.
The American Museum of Natural History is repatriating remains of 124 relatives and almost 100 cultural items that were taken from Native communities.
The Biden administration has released the long-awaited final volume of its investigation into the genocidal Indian boarding school era.
The leader of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians is making history as the first Native person elected to the board of trustees of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.
A federal judge is weighing a decision that the Winnebago Tribe hopes will set a strong precedent at one of the most infamous Indian boarding schools in the nation.
The Conversation: First Nations left out of NAGPRA framework (March 28, 2024)
We are First Nations historians and professors working in Canada. Our communities are also impacted by the loss of cultural patrimony to museums in the U.S. and the laws covering repatriation. 
RECAP: National Congress of American Indians opens winter session (February 16, 2024)
The National Congress of American Indians opened its executive council winter session in Washington, D.C. 
TABLE: List of institutions holding onto Native ancestors (February 7, 2024)
Which government agencies, museums, universities and other institutions still have work to do when it comes to the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act? Find the list here. 
NAGPRA enforcement enters new era after more than 30 years (February 7, 2024)
Museums and educational institutions are facing new pressures to comply with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act amid high-level attention to the decades-old law. 
Native America Calling: Why are museums taking down Native exhibitions? (February 5, 2024)
New regulations for the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act are prompting museums to pull some items from public display. 
Read a transcript of remarks from Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) about the Native American Graves Protection Act and Repatriation Act.
VIDEO: ‘For centuries, Native people have had everything stolen from them’ (February 1, 2024)
Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) delivers remarks on the Native American Graves Protection Act and Repatriation Act on February 1, 2024. 
Winnebago Tribe sues for return of children buried at Indian boarding school (January 17, 2024)
The Winnebago Tribe is suing the federal government to recover the remains of two children who died at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School. 
Report confirms slow progress on repatriation of ancestors and sacred items (October 10, 2023)
It’s been more than 30 years since the passage of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act and federal agencies and museums are still far behind in complying with NAGPRA. 
Native America Calling: Native Bookshelf with Angeline Boulley (September 4, 2023)
Where else can you get a young adult mystery and a lesson in the Native American Graves Protection Act but from a Native author? 
George Thompson: The plight of our sacred Hickory Ground (August 7, 2023)
In our Muscogee culture, once a body is at rest, it is supposed to remain there forever and complete its lifecycle, returning to earth. 
Auction under fire for sale of items from Battle of Little Bighorn (January 10, 2023)
A non-Native collector who claims to know a secret tribal language is selling items that supposedly came from Little Bighorn and other battles. Some have doubts. 
Lakota citizens met to discuss the return of items taken from their ancestors during the Wounded Knee Massacre of December 1890.
Native America Calling: The importance of tribal museums (December 1, 2022)
Tribal museums offer a Native voice for Native history and bring the promise of economic development. 
Native Sun News Today: Wounded Knee descendants left out of repatriation process (November 28, 2022)
The descendants of Chief Spotted Elk, a Lakota leader who was murdered at Wounded Knee in 1890, are speaking out. 
Oneida Indian Nation reclaims cultural property in repatriation ceremony (November 11, 2022)
The Oneida Indian Nation has reclaimed more than 1,500 funerary objects and cultural artifacts, as well as a long-overdue apology, from Colgate University. 
Native America Calling: Ancestral remains in private hands (October 26, 2022)
It was long common practice for archaeologists — both professional and amateur — to plunder Native burial sites. 
Alan Parker, a citizen of the Chippewa Cree Tribe, had a profound impact on law and policy in Indian Country.
Native America Calling: Slow progress for repatriation (August 24, 2022)
NAGPRA has been on the books for 30 years but it’s been slow work to return ancestors and cultural property into the care of tribes. 
The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi is mourning the loss of Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-Indiana) and two of her staffers who were killed in a car crash.
Native America Calling: Through The Decades (July 27, 2022)
Today on Native America Calling, Shawn Spruce remembers the Native ’90s as part of the “Through The Decades” series. 
After more than a century, Native sports legend Jim Thorpe has once again been recognized for his Olympic achievements.
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