S. HRG. 104-399

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN
GRAVES PROTECTION AND REPATRIATION ACT

COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS
UNITED STATES SENATE

ONE HUNDRED FOURTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

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

23-074 CC

DECEMBER 6, 1995
WASHINGTON, DC

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1996

For sale by the U.S. Government Printing Office

Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office, Washington, DC 20402

ISBN 0-16-052459-8

COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS

JOHN MCCAIN, Arizona, Chairman
DANIEL K. INOUYE, Hawaii, Vice Chairman

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

96-151570

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 Stewardship and Partnerships, National Park Service, Department of the Interior, Washington, DC

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

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APPENDIX

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

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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

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