- A Progressive Approach to Repatriation of Sacred Objects In this presentation, Ryan Wheeler, Director, Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology, Phillips Academy; Jaime Arsenault, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer, White Earth Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe; Melanie O'Brien, Program Manager, National NAGPRA, National Park Service; Robert Shimek, Executive Director, White Earth Land Recovery Project; and Tara Mason, Secretary/Treasurer, White Earth Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, discuss how, despite federal law, tribes and museums are often at odds over the return of sacred objects and objects of cultural patrimony. The presentation shares a series of remarkable repatriations carried out between 2015 and 2017, and session presenters are hopeful that their experiences will inspire other institutions to adopt a progressive approach to repatriation. This session was part of the ATALM annual conference held in Prior Lake, Minnesota, on October 8-11, 2018.
- Resources for Learning About NAGPRA and Repatriation In this session, April Sievert, Director, Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology; Jessie Ryker-Crawford, Associate Professor, Museum Studies, Institute of American Indian Arts; Teresa Nichols, Grant and Program Manager, Indiana University; and Jayne-Leigh Thomas, NAGPRA Office Director, Indiana University, discuss "Learning NAGPRA," an online resource that provides educational information and resources for Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) training and ethical issues related to repatriation. This session was part of the ATALM annual conference held in Prior Lake, Minnesota, on October 8-11, 2018.
- Unlikely Ambassadors: Tribal Cultural Heritage in Foreign Museums In this session, April Counceller, Executive Director, Alutiiq Heritage Foundation/Alutiiq Museum; Chris Zellner, Registrar, Chickasaw Cultural Center; Melanie O'Brien, Program Manager, National NAGPRA Program, National Park Service, discuss how tribal cultural heritage can be found all over the world, and how many tribes have collaborated with foreign museums to study ancestral collections. Two case studies will provide ideas for developing a mutually beneficial exchange with foreign museums. The Alutiiq Museum will describe its work on a large collection of ceremonial masks in a French museum, and the Chickasaw Cultural Center will describe its collaboration on a collection of bead-work in Scotland. This session was part of the ATALM annual conference held in Prior Lake, Minnesota, on October 8-11, 2018.
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