Social Justice

The American Indian Student Movement for Repatriation at UCLA in 1990. A documentary film by Lucius Martin, who produced this in 2003-2004 as a student at UCLA.

COAH reached out to ask Suzan Shown Harjo questions about her experience writing NAGPRA and her reflections on its impact and use years later.

NHK-World Japan reports on the return of remains to the Ainu, the Indigenous people of Japan. The article provides a general overview of the reasons remains were taken, and the necessity for their return.

An M.A. student capstone project that works to "describe a legislative advocacy plan to amend Cal NAGPRA to address many of its statutory deficiencies” within the spirit of the law.

In-depth discussion of NAGPRA

Overview of NAGPRA

Short overview of NAGPRA with some external resources

Article about Ainu rights within Japan, about living people's rights, repatriation and ancestor's wellbeing

Article about how the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) works with Native Tribes to bring sacred artifacts home again

Article about how NAGPRA law needs to strengthen