Museum offers Native graves repatriation workshop
August 27, 2015
The University of Alaska Museum of the North is coordinating a community workshop
and discussion about the federal Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation
Act on Thursday, Sept. 3, from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Morris Thompson Cultural and Visitors
Center in downtown ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø.
This informal presentation features several panelists from the museum as well as NAGPRA
expert Claudia Nissley. Josh Reuther, the museum’s curator of archaeology, will facilitate.
There will be a chance to ask questions about the law and how the process works.
For more information, please call the museum’s archaeology department at 907-474-6943.
MEDIA CONTACT: Theresa Bakker, museum information officer, at 907-474-6941 or via e-mail at tabakker@alaska.edu; Scott Shirar, archaeology collection manager, at 907-474-6943 or sjshirar@alaska.edu.
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