S. HRG. 104-399

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN
GRAVES PROTECTION AND REPATRIATION ACT

OVERSIGHT HEARING ON PUBLIC LAW 101-601, TO PROVIDE THE AU.

THORITY AND MECHANISM FOR THE REPATRIATION OF NATIVE
AMERICAN HUMAN REMAINS, FUNERARY OBJECTS, SACRED OBJECTS,
AND OBJECTS OF CULTURAL PATRIMONY

COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS

JOHN MCCAIN, Arizona, Chairman

DANIEL K. INOUYE, Hawaii, Vice Chairman FRANK MURKOWSKI, Alaska

KENT CONRAD, North Dakota SLADE GORTON, Washington

HARRY REID, Nevada PETE V. DOMENICI, New Mexico

PAUL SIMON, Minois NANCY LANDON KASSEBAUM, Kansas DANIEL K. AKAKA, Hawaii DON NICKLES, Oklahoma

PAUL WELLSTONE, Minnesota
BEN NIGHTHORSE CAMPBELL, Colorado BYRON L. DORGAN, North Dakota
CRAIG THOMAS, Wyoming
ORRIN G. HATCH, Utah

STEVEN J.W. HEELEY Majority Staff Director/Chief Counsel
PATRICIA M. ZELL, Minority Staff Director/Chief Counsel

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Public Law 101-601, text of

Statements:

Antone, Cecil F., Lieutenant Governor, Gila River Indian Community,

Sacaton, AZ

Blackowl, Elizabeth, chairwoman, Pawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, Pawnee,

OK

Campbell, Hon. Ben Nighthorse, U.S. Senator from Colorado
Dorgan, Hon. Byron L., U.S. Senator from North Dakota

Inouye, Hon. Daniel K., U.S. Senator from Hawaii, vice chairman, Com-

mittee on Indian Affairs

McManamon, Francis, Departmental Consulting Archaeologist

Mentz, Tim, NAGPRA Representative, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe

Monroe, Dan, NAGPRA Review Committee, Peabody Essex Museum,

Salem, MA
Moynihan, William, chairman, American Association of Museums; presi-

dent and chief executive officer, Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwau-

kee, WI ....

Naranjo, Tessie, chairperson, NAGPRA Review Committee, Santa Clara

Pueblo, Espanola, NM
Peregoy, Esquire, Robert, attorney-at-law, Native American Rights Fund,

Washington, DC
Stevenson, Katherine H., associate director, Cultural Resource Steward-

ship and Partnerships, National Park Service, Department of the Inte-

rior, Washington, DC

Taken Alive, Jesse, chairman, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Fort Yates,

North Dakota

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Prepared statements:

Allen, W. Ron, president, National Congress of American Indians (with

attachments)

American Indian Ritual Object Repatriation Foundation

Antone, Cecil F.

Bielawski, Ph.D., Ellen, executive director, NAGPRA project director,

and director, KTA (with attachments)

Blackowl, Elizabeth

Bourland, Greg, secretary, Dakota Territory, Chairmans Council

Campbell, Hon. Ben Nighthorse, U.S. Senator from Colorado

Champagne, Duane, director, American Indian Studies Center, UCLA

Dorgan, Hon. Byron L., U.S. Senator from North Dakota .....

Drapeau, Darrell, chairman, Dakota Territory Chairmans Council

Hale, Albert, president, Navajo Nation

Holt, David C., Nez Perce (with attachments)

Monroe, Dan (with attachment)

Moynihan, William (with attachments)

Naranjo, Tessie (with attachment)

Nihipali, Kunani, Po'o

Peregoy, Esquire, Robert (with attachments)

Stevenson, Katherine H. (with attachments)

Taken Alive, Jesse (with attachments*)