And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Via NAGPRA-L FYI. Please e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with any questions about the NAGPRA Grants Program. ----------------------------------------------------------- NPS NEWS RELEASE NPS NEWS RELEASE NPS NEWS RELEASE For Release: May 27, 1999 Melissa Cahn: (202) 208-6843 Francis P. McManamon: (202) 343-8161 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AWARDS $2.1 MILLION IN NATIVE AMERICAN GRAVES PROTECTION AND REPATRIATION ACT GRANTS The National Park Service (NPS) announced today the award of $2,166,035 to assist museums, Indian tribes, Native Hawaiian organizations, and Alaska Native villages and corporations with implementation of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The award was divided among 38 projects. Projects to be undertaken by grant recipients include: the repatriation of the remains of nearly 2,000 individuals to the Pueblo of Jemez; a project to document ancestral Wichita human remains using anthropological methods; a statewide conference to discuss chemically contaminated cultural materials in museum collections; a project to develop a comprehensive series of land maps that delineate the traditional homelands and hunting territories of the Lakota Indians; as well as numerous tribal consultation visits to museums. The National Park Service (NPS) received 77 applications from 52 Indian tribes, Alaska Native villages and corporations, and Native Hawaiian organizations, and 20 museums for a total request of approximately $4.4 million. Proposals were reviewed by NPS staff and a selection panel of Native Americans and museum professionals. NAGPRA, enacted in 1990, requires museums and Federal agencies to inventory and identify Native American human remains and cultural items in their collections and to consult with culturally affiliated Indian tribes, Alaska Native villages and corporations, and Native Hawaiian organizations regarding repatriation. Section 10 of the Act authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to award grants to implement provisions of the Act. Additional information regarding these awards can be obtained from Dr. Francis P. McManamon, Chief, Archeology and Ethnography Program, National Park Service, 1849 C Street, NW, NC340, Washington, D.C., 20240. -NPS- Editor's note: Specific awards and contacts are listed on the following pages. Fiscal Year 1999 Grants to Assist Implementation of Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) List of Awards and Contacts ALASKA Bering Straits Foundation, Nome, AK Vera Metcalf (907) 443-5252 Award amount: $67,875 Denakkanagga, Inc., Fairbanks, AK Catherine Ipalook (907) 456-1748 Award amount: $75,000 Kootznoowoo, Inc., Juneau, AK (2 projects) Leonard John (907) 790-2992 Award amount: $87,650 Native Village of Teller, Teller, AK (repatriation project) Allan Okpealuk (907) 642-3381 Award amount: $915 ARIZONA Hualapai Tribe, Peach Springs, AZ Loretta Jackson (520) 769-2223 Award amount: $74,175 University of Arizona, Arizona State Museum, Tucson, AZ Alyce Sadongei (520) 621-4609 Award amount: $44,785 CALIFORNIA Barona Band of Mission Indians, Lakeside, CA Steve Banegas (619) 443-6612 Award Ammount: $60,815 Chemehuevi Indian Tribe, Havasu Lake, CA Lynn Fraher-Petach (818) 885-7066 Award Amount: $67,145 Karuk Tribe of California, Happy Camp, CA Leaf Hillman (530) 627-3446 Award Amount: $74140 Robinson Rancheria, Nice, CA Irenia Quitiquit (707) 275-0205 Award Amount: $75,000 Sherwood Valley Rancheria, Willits, CA Pauline Girvin-Montoya (707) 485-1778 Award amount: $75,000 UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, Los Angeles, CA Wendy Giddens Teeter (310) 825-1864 Award amount: $74,715 Yurok Tribe, Eureka, CA Thomas Gates (707) 444-0433 Award amount: $72,660 COLORADO Colorado Historical Society, Denver, CO Carolyn McArthur (303) 866-2303 Award amount: $73,255 Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO Nancy Blomberg (303) 640-7572 Award amount: $70,070 Denver Museum of Natural History, Denver, CO Robert Pickering (303) 370-6492 Award amount: $75,000 University of Denver Museum of Anthropology, Denver, CO Jan Bernstein (303) 871-2543 Award amount: $75,000 HAWAII Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawaii Nei, Hale'iwa, HI (repatriation projects) Edward Ayau (808) 638-9057 Award amount: $15,070 ILLINOIS Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL Jonathan Haas (312) 922-9410 Award amount: $46,205 KANSAS University of Kansas Museum of Anthropology, Lawrence, KS Mary Adair (785) 864-2673 Award amount: $71,270 MICHIGAN Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Petoskey, MI Wesley Andrews (616) 439-3865 Award amount: $50,850 MONTANA Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes, Poplar, MT Curley Youpee (406) 768-5155 Award amount: $73,120 NEW MEXICO Pueblo of Jemez, Jemez Pueblo, NM (repatriation project) William Whatley (505) 298-5707 Award amount: $15,000 NEW YORK Rochester Museum and Science Center, Rochester, NY Connie Cox Bodner (716) 271-4552 Award amount: $74,085 OKLAHOMA Caddo Indian Tribe of Oklahoma, Binger, OK Andrea Douglas (405) 656-2344 Award amount: $75,000 Chickasaw Nation, Ada, OK Jeannie Barbour (580) 332-8685 Award amount; $74,565 Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Durant, OK Terry Cole (580) 924-8280 Award amount: $67,730 Oklahoma Historical Society, Oklahoma City, OK Robert Blackburn (405) 522-5202 Award amount: $72,580 Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma, Quapaw, OK Carrie Wilson (501) 442-7576 Award amount: $75,000 Wichita and Affiliated Tribes, Anadarko, OK Virgil Swift (405) 247-2425 Award amount: $67,585 OREGON Confederated Tribes of the Grande Ronde Community, Grande Ronde, OR Lindy Trolan (503) 879-2248 Award amount: $39,555 Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Pendleton, OR Jeffery Van Pelt (541) 276-3629 Award amount: $50,000 SOUTH DAKOTA Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, Eagle Butte, SD Sebastian LeBeau II (605) 964-4155 Award amount: $48,135 Rosebud Sioux Tribe, Rosebud, SD (repatriation project) Marcella Cash (606) 747-2263 Award amount: $3,620 WASHINGTON Nisqually Indian Tribe, Olympia, WA Cynthia Iyau Peabody (360) 456-5221 Award amount: $31,550 Skokomish Indian Tribe, Shelton, WA (repatriation project) Jim Park (360) 877-5213 Award amount: $3,450 Squaxin Island Tribe, Shelton, WA Brian Thompson (360) 426-9781 Award amount: $68,465 Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 10:44:59 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (WASO Public Affairs) Subject: New Release re: NAGPRA Grants To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reprinted under the fair use http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html doctrine of international copyright law. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&