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Sacred And Profane: How Looters, Pothunters, And The Illicit Artifact Market Trammel Native American Cultural Identity, Bryan W. Wolford
Sacred And Profane: How Looters, Pothunters, And The Illicit Artifact Market Trammel Native American Cultural Identity, Bryan W. Wolford
Bryan W Wolford
The article examines the pervasiveness of the illicit Native American artifact market, the practices of looters and pothunters, and federal and state laws enacted to punish individuals who wrongfully obtain or deal in wrongfully obtained Native American cultural property. The first section of this Article delineates the structure and coverage of the Archaeological Resources Protection Act (ARPA). The second section describes the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and how the Act affects individuals. The third section explores different statutes that individual states have enacted to expand scope of the protection of federal laws regarding cultural property to …
Rest In Pieces?: How The Native American Graves Protection And Repatriation Act Threatens To Hinder The Study Of The First Americans, Bryan W. Wolford
Rest In Pieces?: How The Native American Graves Protection And Repatriation Act Threatens To Hinder The Study Of The First Americans, Bryan W. Wolford
Bryan W Wolford
The manuscript explores the competing views of the Native Americans who seek to preserve the sanctity of their beliefs and traditions and the scientists who strive to learn about the first humans to call the Americas home. Part II chronicles the expanding theories about the First Americans and the routes they traveled millennia ago that led to the occupation of North and South America. Part III introduces and describes the provisions of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990 (NAGPRA) while Part IV discusses NAGPRA’s application through two important federal cases. Part V delineates the application of …