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UND president, tribal leaders ask for $5 million to support NAGPRA compliance and repatriation
Summary
Representative Colette Brown and University of North Dakota President Andy Armacost told the Government and Veterans Affairs Committee that House Bill 1603 would create a state fund, administered by the State Historical Society, to help institutions and tribes cover costs associated with Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
Representative Colette Brown (District 9) introduced House Bill 1603, a proposal to appropriate $5,000,000 to the North Dakota State Historical Society to assist tribal nations and state institutions with compliance under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The proposal would fund inventories, consultations, travel, expert consultants and related repatriation work.
President Andy Armacost of the University of North Dakota described UND’s multiyear repatriation work and said the principal barrier to meeting NAGPRA obligations is expense: specialists, consultants and travel for tribal leaders. “Our…
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