Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 26, Number 1, 1 January 2009 — NAGPRA grants [ARTICLE]

NAGPRA grants

Federal grants are available under the federal law known as NAGPRA, or Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. The law creates a process for museums and federal agencies to

return cultural items like human remains, funerary and other sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony to lineal descendants, Native Hawaiian organizations, Indian tribes Alaska Native villages and corporations. Two types of NAGPRA grants are offered by the Nahonal Park Service. Applications for the Consultation/Documentation Grants must be postmarked by March 2, 2009. Awarded annually, these grants of $5,000 to $90,000 may be used for travel, training and collaboration regarding researching and identifying significant items. Repatriation Grants of up to $15,000 may be used for transporting NAGPRA items from a museum or agency to a tribe or for costs to reinter human remains and cultural items. Applications are accepted from October to June 30, 2009. Grant applications are available online at nps.gov/history/ nagpra/grants or by emailing NAGPRA_Grants@nps.gov or calling 202-354-2203. For more infonnation about the grants program, see the online brochure at nps.gov/history/nagpra/grants/ GrantsB ROCHUREupdated2007 . pdf.