Human Rights Day: Repatriating Native American Cultural Property & Remains

A panel discussion on repatriating Native American cultural property and remains was held to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the United Nations adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Repatriation is the process whereby specific kinds of American Indian cultural items in a museum collection are returned to lineal descendants and culturally affiliated Indian tribes, Alaska Native clans or villages and/or Native Hawaiian organizations. Human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects and objects of cultural patrimony are all materials that may be considered for repatriation. Speaker Biography: Jane Sánchez is Law Librarian of Congress. Speaker Biography: Sarah Glass is notice and grant coordinator at the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act Program for the National Park Service. Speaker Biography: Shannon Keller O'Loughlin is executive director of the Association on American Indian Affairs. Speaker Biography: Emily Palus is deputy division chief of cultural, paleontological resources and tribal consultation for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. For transcript and more information, visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feat...