NPS Mission - National Park Service

National Park Service FY 2013 Budget Justifications
Activity: Cultural Programs
Program Component: National Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation
Act (NAGPRA) Grants
Justification of FY 2013 Programmatic Changes
The FY 2013 budget request for National Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act Grants
is $1,747,000, with no program changes from FY 2012 Enacted.
Program Overview
The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) was enacted on November 16,
1990, to address the rights of lineal descendents, Indian Tribes, and Native Hawaiian organizations to
Native American cultural items, including human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of
cultural patrimony.
The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Program annually awards approximately $1.8
million in grants to museums, Tribes, and Native Hawaiian organizations under the provisions of 25
U.S.C. 3008. From FY 1994 to FY 2011, the NAGPRA grant program has awarded a total of 703 grants
totaling $36.54 million.
The grants fund museum and Tribal projects for consultation and identification, leading to repatriation;
including costs of transfer of possession from museums and agencies to Tribes.
Find more information about the National NAGPRA Program online at: http://www.nps.gov/nagpra/
FY 2013 Program Performance
• Review competitive consultation and documentation grant applications from Tribes and
museums, and fund the maximum number of grants as prioritized by the grants panel.
• Award grants to fund repatriation requests for the transfer of possession of Native American
human remains and NAGPRA cultural items from museums and Federal agencies to Native
American Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations.
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