Native American Studies Collections
Compiled by Barb Bocek
Stanford Archaeologist
Offered as a
Green Library General Reference Department guide,
1992
N.B. Photocopies of all numbered items listed in
this bibliography are found in the Reference Collection at
Z1209.2.N67.N38.
Contents
INTRODUCTION |
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REPATRIATION |
REBURIAL
The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) was signed into law in November 1990 by President George Bush. It protects burial sites on federal and tribal lands and creates a process for repatriating cultural items, including artifacts and human remains, to native tribes. In November 1993, museums holding certain native american artifacts were required to prepare written summaries of their collections for distribution to culturally affiliated tribes. In November 1995, museums were required to prepare detailed inventories of their Native American collection.
Links related to curation and repatriation from ArchNet
Mending the Circle: A Native American Repatriation Guide and Reading List: An Introduction to American Indian Repatriation from the American Indian Ritual Object Repatriation Foundation
Contents
- "Repatriation: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue," Special Issue of The American Indian Quarterly, Spring 1996.
- Congressional Quarterly. "Is America
Allowing Its Past To Be Stolen?" in Editorial Research Reports, n.3, 1991.
- "Repatriation Act Protects Native Burial Remains
and Artifacts," NARF Legal Review
Winter (1990):1-4.
- Smithsonian Institution. (1988). American Indian
Sacred Objects, Skeletal Remains, Repatriation &
Reburial: A Resource List.
- Spiess, P.D. Human Remains in Museum
Collections: A Bibliography. 1987.
- Zimbelman, Joel. Reburial bibliography for
Chico State University. August 1990.
- Zimmerman, Larry. Annotated Bibliography on the
Reburial Issue. 1989.
- Newspaper Articles on Reburial &
Repatriation 1990-1991. Computer search. (These
are found in the hardcopy of this bibliography in the
Reference Room)
- Grossman, Anita. "The Multiculturalist War Against Archaeology." The California Scholar 2(Winter 1992-93):16-22.
- Meighan, Clement. "The Burial of American Archaeology." The California Scholar 4(Summer 93):11-19.
- Bell, Edward L. Vestiges of Mortality: A Bibliography on the Historical Archaeology of Cemeteries. Scarecrow Press, 1994. The Introduction and the final bibliographic section contain useful information on the topic.
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Contents
A number before entry indicates that a photocopy of item
is included in the print version located in the Green
Reference collection.
1 American Association of Museums. "AAM
Policy Regarding the Repatriation of Native American
Ceremonial Objects and Human Remains."
Aviso March (1988):4-5.
American Association of Museums. "Past Is
Present." (Keeping the Promise: Return of the
Wampums to...Grand River.) Anthopology
Newsletter October(1988):2-.
2 American Indian Community House, New York. Issues
on Museums and Repatriation. MAN-HA-TAN
Sept.(1985).
Ames, Michael M. "Bill Holm, Willie Seaweed
and the Problem of Northwest Coast Indian `Art': A Review
Article." BC Studies Winter(1984-
85):74-81.
Ames, Michael M. "Report From the Field:
The Democratization of Anthropology and Museums."
Culture 6.1(1986):61-64.
3 Ames, Michael M. "Free Indians from Their
Ethnological Fate: The Emergence of the Indian Point of
View in Exhibitions of Indians." Muse
Summer(1987):14-.
Ames, Michael M. "A New Indian History For
Museums." Native Studies Review
3.2(1987):17-25.
4 Ames, Michael M. "Daring to be Different:
An Alternative." Muse April(1988):39-
47.
5 Ames, Michael M. "Cultural Empowerment and
Museums: Opening up Anthropology through
Collaboration." April 25, 1989.
6 Ames, Michael M. "Proposals for Improving
Relations Between Museums and the Indigenous Peoples of
Canada." Museum Anthropology
August(1988):15-19.
7 Ames, Michael M., Julia Harrison, and Trudy
Nicks. "Proposed Museum Policies for Ethnological
Collections andthe Peoples They Represent."
Muse Fall(1988):47-52.
8 Anderson, Christopher. "The economics of
sacred art: The uses of a secret collection in the South
Australian Museum." (1989). Unpub. paper.
9 Anderson, Christopher. (1989). "That's not a
stone axe. That's my grandfather':Australian Aborigines
and museums: A new relationship." Unpub. paper.
10 Anon. "Conference Held on Native Americans,
Native American Lands, and Archaeology."
Bulletin of the Society for American
Archaeology May(1988):5-6.
Arnold, David. "Where the Bones
Belong". SF Examiner May 13(1990):D-
16.
Blair, Bowen. "American Indians vs.
American Museums: A Matter of Religious Freedom."
American Indian Journal May(1979):13-21;
June(1979):2-6.
Blair, Bowen. "Indian Rights: Native
Americans Versus American Museums, A Battle For
Artifacts." American Indian Law Review
7.1(1979):125-154.
Bradbury, Ellen. "A Successful
Interpretation of a Sacred Subject." Museum
News May-June(1977):47-49.
11 Burcaw, G. Ellis. "A Museological View of
the Repatriation of Museum Objects." Museum
Studies Journal Spring(1983):8-10.
12 Cleveland Museum. "Procedures for Handling
Requests for the Return of Sacred Objects." 1981.
Cole, Douglas. "The Field Museum and Dr.
Newcomb," in Captured Heritage
(1985):165-211.
Cooper, Robert L. "Constitutional Law:
Preserving Native American Cultural and Archeological
Artifacts." American Indian Law Review
4(1976):99-103 [Law Library].
Faber, Harold. "NY State Will Return Wampum
Belts to Onondagas." New York Times
August 13(1989):Section 1, p.23.
Fenton, William N. "Iroquois Masks: A
Living Tradition in the Northeast," in American
Indian Art: Form & Tradition (1972):40-48.
Finster, David. "Museums and Medicine
Bundles." The Indian Historian 8.2:40-
48.
13 Floyd, Candace. "Repatriation Blues."
History News April(1985):6-12.
14 Fox, Michael J. "The National Dialogue on
Museum/Native American Relations." Western
Museum Conference Newsletter Spring(1989):3-6.
15 Grand Council of Chiefs. "Policy Statement
on Medicine Masks." Turtle
Fall(1980):8.
Hanson, James A. "The Reappearing Vanishing
American." Museum News
October(1980):44-51.
Higginbotham, C. Dean. "Native Americans
Versus Archaeologists: The Legal Issues."
American Indian Law Review 10.1(1982):91-
116.
Hill, Richard. "Reclaiming Cultural
Artifacts." Museum News
May/June(1987)43-46.
16 Landis, Brooke. "Repatriation: A Cultural
Conflict." Winter, 1989. Unpublished paper.
17 May, Ronald. "Tribe Declared Rightful Owner
of Artifacts." Newsletter of the Society for
California Archaeology 21(1987):18-21.
18 McBride, Delbert J. "The Ethics of Ethnic
Collections." Western Museum Qt.
December(1971):10-12.
19 McLeod O'Reilly, Susan. "False Face Masks:
An Iroquois Challenge to the Museum." Museum
Quarterly January(1984):16-21.
Merryman, John Henry. "The Retention of
Cultural Property." U.C.D. Law Review
21.3(1988):477-513.
Michaelsen, Robert S. "American Indian
Religious Freedom Litigation: Promise and Perils."
Journal of Law & Religion 3.1(1985):47-
76..
20 National American Indian Museums Association.
(1980). "Suggested Guidelines for Museums in Dealing
with Requests for Return of Native American
Materials"
21 National Museum of the American Indian.
"Policy Statement on Native American Human Remains
and Cultural Materials". Museum
Anthropology 15.2(1991):24-30; with press
statement by Director Richard West.
Page, Jake. "Return of the Kachinas."
Science '83 4.2(1983):24-30.
Page, Jake. (A review of his article,
"Return of the Kachinas.") Science
'83 4.4(1983):16-17.
Robinson, Alma. "The Art Repatriation
Dilemma." Museum News
March/April(1980):55-59.
22 Smithsonian Institution. Letter to Tribal
Representatives from Adrienne Kaeppler, Chairman,
Department of Anthropology.
23 South Australian Museum. "Statement from
the Board of the South Australia Museum on its
Secret/Sacred Collection." 1986.
Suagee, Dean B. "American Indian Religious
Freedom and Cultural Resources Management: Protecting
Mother Earth's Caretakers." American Indian
Law Review 10.1(1982):1-58.
24 Suro, Roberto. "Shrine of the Times: Indians
Winning Fight to Take Backwhat's Theirs (Zuni). New
York Times August 13(1990):A-1.
Talbot, Steve. "Desecration and American
Indian Religious Freedom." Journal of Ethnic
Studies 12.4(1985):1-18.
25 Webster, Gloria Cranmer. "The `R' Word."
Muse Fall(1988):43-44.
26 Williams, Paul. "Return of the Wampum."
Daybreak Summer(1988).
ADDENDA
27 Anon. "Wampum Belts Returned."
Akwesasne Notes Summer(1988).
28 Elia, Ricardo. "U.S. Bans Import of Artifacts
from Peten, Guatemala." Bulletin.
Society for American Archaeology. November(1991).
29 National Dialogue on Museum/Native American Relations.
(1990). Panel Draft Report.
30 United States Information Agency. "Laws
Pertaining to the Recovery of Cultural Property of Another
Country in the United States." January(1987).
31 Wolf, Sara J., and Lisa Mibach. "Ethical
Considerations in the Conservation of Native American
Sacred Objects." Journal of the American
Institute for Conservators 23.1(1983):1-6.
31 Warren, Robert E. "The NAGPRA Inventory: Native AMericans and Museum Collections." The Living Museum 57, n.4 (1996):54-57.
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Contents
A number before the reference indicates that a photocopy
of the item is included. There are four parts to volume
3: the first numeral of the number indicates the part, the
second numeral the item number within that part.
1.1 Adams, Cheryl. "Chico State's Reburial Summit
Meeting." News from Native California
Spring (1990):25; with additional note from Humboldt
State publication the Messenger,
Winter(1989-90):6.
1.2 Ament, Deloris T. "Reburying the Past."
Seattle Times September 11(1989):E-1.
1.3 American Association of Museums. Technical
Information Service: "Native Americans and Museums:
Selected Sources," March 1987; and "McCain
and Udall Introduce Repatriation Bill", May 1989.
1.4 American Association of Physical Anthropologists.
Proposed Resolution. 1982.
1.5 American Committee for Preservation of Archeological
Collections (ACPAC). Resolution, newsletter items, and
correspondence. ACPAC Newwsletter
July(1989):1-7.
1.6 Men and Elders." Transcript
November 4(1983).
1.6 American Indians Against Desecration. Statement from
Jan Hammil, Director.
Anderson, Duane. "Reburial: Is It
Reasonable?" Archaeology
38.4(1985):48-51.
Arden, Harvey. "Who Owns Our Past?"
National Geographic March(1989):376-392.
Bahn, Paul G. "Do Not Disturb? Archaeology and
the Rights of the Dead." Oxford Journal of
Archaeology 3.1(1984):127-139..
Benthall, Jonathan. "The Bonham's Head
Affair." Anthropology Today
4.4(1988):1-2.
Berman, Tressa and James Brooks. "From Global
Politics to Local Policy: A Conference Report on
Repatriation." Anthopology UCLA
18.1(1991):12-31.
1.7 Bocek, Barbara. "Issues Relevant to Reburial of
Native American Human Remains at Stanford," 1989,
"Stanford Responds," Newsletter of the
Society for California Archaeology
24.1(1990):15; and "Cultural Continuity
and the Reburial Issue," NAHC
Newsletter 3.4(1990):6-7.
Bowman, Margaret B. "The Reburial of Native
American Skeletal Remains: Approaches to the Resolution of
a Conflict." Harvard Environmental Law
Review 13.1(1989):147-208.
1.8 British Columbia Museums Association. "Museum
Round-Up." (A statement from Philip R. Ward about
returning artifacts to Native Americans.) Summer,
1987.
1.9 Buikstra, Jane E. "Reburial: How We All Lose.
An Archaeologist's Opinion." Newsletter of the
Society for California Archaeology 17.1(1983).
1.9 Buikstra, Jane E. "A Specialist in Ancient
Cemetery Studies Looks at the Reburial Issue."
Early Man 3.3(1981):26-27.
1.10 California. State. Assembly Joint Resolution #86:
Relative to Native American Remains. California Native
American Heritage Commission. Newsletter
items: "Human Burials and Cultural Attitudes"
1.2(1988):1-; "No Peace for Indian Burial
Grounds" 1.4(1988):1-; "Stanford Returns
Ohlone Remains" 3.2(1990):3; "Katz Bill
Passes California Legislature" 3.3(1990):1-2;
"Repatriation Debate" 3.4(1990):infra; and
other Newsletter items.
1.11 Cambra, Rosemary. "Control of Ancestral
Remains." News from Native California
Fall(1988):15-17; and Press Release, 1989; and
"Archaeologists, Native California Descendants and
Cultural Resource Management," Newsletter of
the Society for California Archaeology
24.1(1990):12.
Cheek, Annetta L. and Bennie C. Keel. "Value
Conflicts in Osteo-Archaeology." Chap. 22:
Ethics & Values in Archaeology. London,
1984..
1.12 Chico State University. Policy Announcement and
Executive Memorandum, 1990.
Cowley, Geoffrey and Andrew Murr. "The Plunder
of the Past." Newsweek June
26(1989):58-60.
Davis, Hester A. "Professionalism in
Archaeology." American Antiquity
47.1(1982):158-163.
Echo-Hawk, Walter R. "Tribal Efforts to Protect
Against Mistreatment ofIndian Dead: The Quest for Equal
Protection of the Laws." NARF Legal
Review Winter(1988):1-5. [Also see 4.2]
Ferguson, Ellen L. and James D. Nason. "Human
Subject Rights and Museum Research." Museum
News January/February(1980):44-47.
1.13 Foster, Dick. "Tribes Claim Past Held
Hostage." Rocky Mountain News. Sunday,
November 5(1989):52.
Gaines, Judith. "Indians Win Battle for Past
(Skeletal Bones Returned)." Boston
Globe. October 1(1988): A25.
Goldstein, L. and K. Kintigh. "Ethics and the
Reburial Controversy." American Antiquity
55.3(1990):585-91.
Grimes, Ronald L. "Desecration of the Dead: An
Inter-religious Controversy." Am. Indian
Qt. Fall(1986):305-318.
1.14 Heimoff, Steve. "Angle of Repose."
Express July 21(1989):1-.
1.15 Hill, Rick. "Mining the Dead."
Daybreak Summer(1988):10-14.
Hubert, Jane. "A Proper Place for the Dead: A
Critical Review of the`Reburial' Issue." In
Conflict in the Archaeology of Living
Traditions. London, 1989.
1.16 Johnson, Elden. "The Care and Disposition
of Archaeologically Excavated Human Osteological
Remains." n.d.
Johnson, Elden. "Professional Responsibilities
and the American Indian." American
Antiquity April(1973):129-30.
Kautz, Robert R., Ph.D. "Final Report of the
Burial Inventory Project." California Dept. of Parks
& Recreation, October, 1988.
2.1 Lichtenstein, Grace. "Taking Back the
Past." Outside April(1991):109-.
2.2 Lurie, Nancy O. "Interim Report, AAA Commission
on Native American Remains." Anthropology
Newsletter 31.6(1990). And note on Commission
from newsletter, Anthropology Newsletter
31.4(1989):1-.
McGuire, Randall H. "The Sanctity of the Grave:
White Concepts and American Indian Burial." In
Conflict in the Archaeology of Living
Traditions. London, 1989.
McLuhan, T.C. Touch the Earth: A Self Portrait
of Indian Existence. Simon & Schuster, 1971.
Relating to the reburial issue: pp.27,29,30,128.
Meighan, Clement W. "Archaeology: Science or
Sacrilege?" In Conflict in the Archaeology of
Living Traditions. London, 1989. See also the
entry for American Committee for Preservation of
Archeological Collections, above.
2.3 Minnesota. State. Statute 307.08. Burial Legislation.
And two reburial news articles, 1989.
Nason, James D. "Finders Keepers?"
Museum News March (1973):19-26.
2.4 National Museum of Natural History Newsletter for
Teachers. "What Bones Teach Us." Anthro-
Notes (Spring) 1989.
2.6 NCAI (National Congress of American
Indians) Newsletter. (Addressses various
reburial issues.) February 6, 1986.
Peterson, John. "Dance of the Dead: A Legal
Tango for Control of Native American Skeletal
Remains." Am. Indian Law Review
15.1(1990):115-150.
2.7 Platt, Geoffrey. "The Repatriation Law Ends One
Journey But Opens a New Road." Museum
News Jan/Feb(1991):91.
Preston, Douglas J. "Skeletons in Our Museums'
Closets." Harper's Magazine
February(1989):66-.
2.8 Preston, Douglas J. "`Common Decency' Sought on
Reburial Issue." Lakota Times March
21(1989):8.
Preston, Douglas J. (letter from Smithsonian in
response to Preston's February 1989 article.)
Harper's Magazine April(1989):4-5.
2.9 Quick, Polly. "Indians and Archaeologists at the
Grave: Overcoming Structural Opposition." 1985.
Ravesloot, John. "On the Treatment and Reburial
of Human Remains." American Indian Qt.
Winter(1990):35-51.
2.10 Romano, Octavio. "Stanford to Return Indian
Remains to Descendants;" and "The American
Anthropological Association and its Indian Treaty of 1989,
Editorial Commentary." TQS News
6.3(1989):6-12.
Rosen, Lawrence. "The Excavation of American
Indian Reburial Sites: A Problem in Law and Professional
Responsibility." American
Anthropologist 82.1(1980):4-27.
2.11 Roybal, David. "`Invisible' Indians
Confront Museums." Sante Fe New Mexico
August 20(1989).
2.12 San Francisco Chronicle.
"Open Forum" pro/con articles on reburial,
1990.
2.13 San Jose State University. Draft "Policy
Concerning Care, Curation and Disposition of Native
American..." January 1991.
2.14 Seattle Times: four newspaper
articles on Northwest Coast reburial cases, 1989.
2.15 Sevetson, Martha. (Kansas Press Service.)
"Reburial to Close Roadside Attraction." May
25, 1989.
2.16 Shen, Fern. "Indian Skeletal Remains Pit
Scientists Against Tribal Religion."
L.A.Times December 10(1989):A-28.
2.17 Smith, Bruce D. "An Analysis of the
Structure of the Supporting Arguments of Universal
Reburial Proponents." 1986.
2.18 Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of
Natural History. Letters to John "Buster"
Yellow Kidney, August 1, 1986; Edward Binder, June 18,
1986; Duane C. Anderson, February 26, 1986 and May 28,
1986. Also, correspondence from Duane C. Anderson and
Suzan Show Harjo.
2.19 Smithsonian Institution, news release and
articles on reburial policy, 1988-1990. Text of National
Museum of the American Indian Act. (See also Douglas
Preston).
2.20 Society for American Archaeology
Bulletin. "Announcement of Plenary
Session," January, 1986. "Report on the
Conference on Reburial Issues," November, 1985.
"Nebraska Passes Reburial Law" etc., 1989.
"A Perspective on Reburial andRepatriation,"
1990. Society of Professional Archaeologists.
"Four Statements for Archaeology." Am.
Antiquity 27(1961):137-139. Code of ethics
statement.
3.1 South Australian Museum. "Policy on Human
Skeletal Remains Collection." June 1987.
3.2 Spotted Elk, Clara. "Skeletons in the Closet
(Indian Bones Profanely Gather Dust in Museums)"
NYT March 8(1989):A19(N);A31(L).
Sprague, Roderick. "American Indians and
American Archaeology." Am. Antiquity
39.1(1974):1-2.
3.3 Stanford University. Policy statements on reburial.
June and August, 1989.
3.4 Stanford University. Selected news releases and
articles on reburial. 1989-1990.
Talmage, Valerie A. "The Violation of Sepulture:
Is it Legal to Excavate Human Burials?" 1982.
3.5 Thomas, Joey. "Indian Bones, Some Personal
Perspectives." TQS News Fall(1989):8-
10.
3.6 Trafzer, Clifford E. "Issues, Laws, Reburials and
Rights," Questions for a Symposium at San Diego State
University. November 1989.
Turner, Christy G. "What is Lost with Skeletal
Reburial?" Qt. Review of Archaeology
March(1986):1-.
Tymchuk, Michael. "Museums, Anthropology and
Skeletal Remains." International Journal of
Museum Management & Curatorship (1985):389-
394.
Ubelaker, Douglas and Lauryn Grant. "Human
Skeletal Remains: Preservation or Reburial?"
Yearbook of Physical Anthropology
32(1989):249-287.
3.7 University of California. "Report of Joint
Academic Senate-Administration Committee on Human Skeletal
Remains", August 1990.
3.7 University of California-Berkeley. Three news
clippings on reburial. 1989 and 1991.
Vizenor, Gerald. "Bone Courts: The Rights and
Narrative Representation of Tribal Bones." Am.
Indian Qt. Fall(1986):319-331.
Yamane, Linda. "Reburial Verses."
News from Native California
Summer(1990):10-12.
3.8 World Archaeological Congress, announcement for
"Archaeological Ethics and the Treatment of the
Dead," August 7-13, 1989; and related
Chronicle of Higher Education article.
3.9 Zimbelman, Joel. Draft "Returning Native
American Remains: The Evolution of Policy and
Legislation". Nov. 1990.
Zimmerman, Larry, J. "Tell Them About the
Suicide." A Review of Recent Materials on the
Reburial of Prehistoric Native American Skeletons.
Am. Indian Qt. Fall(1986):333-343.
Zimmerman, Larry. Transcript of the 1988 Session on
Reburial at the Annual Meeting for the Society for
American Archaeology. April 1, 1988.
Addenda
4.1 Native American Cultural Preservation
Act (S. 187), 1987. Text of bill and testimony
from Indian communities and professional organizations.
4.2 Native American Rights Fund (NARF). Testimony
of Walter Echo-Hawk before the House
Committee...July 20, 1989.
4.3 Native American Graves Protection &
Repatriation Act. November 16, 1990.
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