Resources for Federal Agencies

NAGPRA requires Federal agencies to complete inventories and summaries of Native American cultural items in their collections, publish notices in the Federal Register, and repatriate Native American human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony to lineal descendants and culturally affiliated Indian tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations. Under NAGPRA, Federal agencies are required to consult government-to-government with Indian tribes in carrying out NAGPRA, and Federal agencies also have special NAGPRA responsibilities when Native American human remains and items are discovered on Federal and tribal lands.