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NAGPRA, CUI and institutional will
Abstract
This chapter discusses one of the major issues in the US repatriation process: the practice of institutions categorizing ancestors as CUI, or "culturally unidentifiable", to resist repatriation to the rightful tribes. The CUI designation is used to impede repatriation of ancestors, as it can be arbitrarily applied and hides the politics of an institution resistant to Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The chapter provides several case studies that demonstrate how institutional will has developed within many museums and universities, while others continue to practice retentive and more "internationalist" philosophies and resist repatriation of both human remains and funerary objects, clearly contrary to the human rights component intended within the spirit of NAGPRA. It also offers an analysis of the (all too common) rhetoric institutions and individuals use regarding their support of NAGPRA against the actual practices they engage in.
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American Indian Ritual Object Repatriation Foundation . 1995. Mending the Circle: A Native American Repatriation Guide. New York: American Indian Ritual Object Repatriation Foundation. Available at: www.repatriationfoundation.org.
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Geller, P. L. (2021) · Bioarchaeology and social theory · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-70704-0_6 · Cited by 3
Lixinski, L. (2021) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781108769044.005
Andrews, A. B., & Barney, T. S. (2026) · Museum Anthropology · doi:10.1111/muan.70034
Metadata
- Authors
- Gould, D. R.
- Corresponding author
- Gould, D. Rae
- Venue
- The Routledge Companion to Cultural Property
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Published
- 2017-07-31
- Pages
- 134-151
- OpenAlex
- W2903680849
- Cited by
- 3
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2021: 2
- FWCI
- 0.00
- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Routledge eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Cultural Studies › Cultural Identity and Heritage
- Social Sciences › Anthropology › Indigenous Cultures and History
- Social Sciences › Law › Indigenous Peoples' Rights and Law
- Keywords
- NAGPRA, repatriation, human remains, grave goods, Native American tribes, museum policy, institutional resistance, human rights, internationalism
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