1. Who Owns the Dead? Native American Grave Protection and Repatriation Act
Luis Salas

2. History
State Statutory Law: Historically, states only regulated and protected marked graves. Native American graves were often unmarked and did not receive the protection provided by these statutes.
This law did not often take into account the unique Native American practices concerning graves and other burial practices

3. Why is this important to me?
Museo de las Momias de Guanajuato
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4. NAGPRA Native American Grave Protection and Repatriation Act
Approved Nov. 16, 1990
Address the rights of Native Americans and Native Hawaiians to cultural items, including human remains
Funerary and Sacred Objects
Any object that may be a part of a burial or ceremony, which is reasonably believed to have been placed with or near individual human remains at the time of death or later

5. Scientific Point of View
People of a related field are simply attempting to gain knowledge to better understand these people.
As of September 30, 2014…
Human remains: 50,518 individuals
Associated funerary objects: 1,185,948 (includes many small items, such as beads)
Unassociated funerary objects: 219,956 (includes many small items, such as beads)
Sacred objects: 4,914
Objects of cultural patrimony: 8,118
Objects that are both sacred and patrimonial: 1,624
National NAGPRA.
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6. “Affiliated” The word affiliated is too BROAD.
‘’geographical, kinship, biological, archaeological, anthropological, linguistic, folkloric, oral tradition, historical, or other relevant information or expert opinion”
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7. Tribe Claims Kennewick Man remains (1996) About 9000 years old
Found in the state of Washington
Claimed by many tribes even though there was little very little “affiliation”
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8. It is a matter of opinion.
Conclusion
It is a matter of opinion.

9. Works Cited
Begay Jr. M. THE NATIVE AMERICAN GRAVES PROTECTION AND REPATRIATION ACT AFTER TWENTY YEARS: A View from Indigenous Country. Arizona State Law Journal [serial online]. Summer ;44(2): Available from: Legal Collection, Ipswich, MA. Accessed December 1, 2014.
Burke Museum. “Kennewick Man The Ancient One.” Burkemuseum.org Web. December 1, 2014
Grose, Teresa Olwick. "Reading The Bones: Information Content, Value, And Ownership Issues Raised By The Native American Graves Protection And Repatriation Act." Journal Of The American Society For Information Science 47.8 (1996): Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts with Full Text. Web. 1 Dec
Mayes A. These bones are read: the science and politics of ancient Native America. The American Indian Quarterly [serial online]. 2010;(2):131. Available from: Literature Resource Center, Ipswich, MA. Accessed December 1, 2014.
Smith J. Who Owns the Dead?. Archaeology [serial online]. January 2011;64(1): Available from: Academic Search Premier, Ipswich, MA. Accessed December 1, 2014.
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Image 1 and 2. “Las Momias mas Fascinantes del Mundo.” Taringa!.net Web. December 1, 2014
Image 3. “Research.” “NAGPRA.” newberry.org Web. December 1, 2014.
Image 4. “Native Americans.” historymad.stmaryscollegehull.com. No date. Web. December
Image 5. “Kennewick Man, an ambassador from the past.” CBSNEWS.com. October 12, Web. December 1, 2014