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Page 8 Spilyay Tymoo December 13 New rules may speed tribal repatriations The federal govern- ment has revised the rules that institutions and gov- ernment agencies must follow to comply with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatria- tion Act. This law has long been hampered by limited funding, and the unwill- ingness of many muse- ums to relinquish Indig- enous remains and burial items. The new regulations should “strengthen the authority and role of In- digenous communities in the repatriation process” by requiring institutions to defer more to tribes’ knowl- edge of their regions and his- tories in their decision-mak- ing about repatriations,” said U.S. Secretary of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, the first Native American to hold a U.S. cabinet position. Thirty-three years ago, Congress passed the Native graves and repatriation act, or NAGPRA, to prevent grave looting and push museums to return human remains and items excavated from Native American gravesites to tribes. However, the promise of repatriation that many tribal nations once saw in the law has not been fully re- alized, with federal data showing institutions con- tinue to store about half of the 200,000 ancestral remains they reported holding following passage of the 1990 law. Archaeologists and sci- entists at some of the nation’s top universities and museums have ex- ploited loopholes in NAGPRA to delay or re- sist turning over holdings reported under the law, according to an investiga- tion by ProPublica. ‘Large enough to serve you... Small enough to care’ 866-299-0644 2023 GMC Terrain - 9,176 miles - 2022 GMC Yukon - 25,377 miles - $38,995 $68,995 #68627A #62882A 2021 GMC Terrain - 123,151 miles - 2019 GMC Sierra - 48,879 miles - $19,995 - $48,995 #80960A #49212A 2018 GMC Yukon - 100,591 miles - 2017 GMC Acadia - 24,617 miles - $33,995 $24,995 #C0159A #96396A 2016 Chevrolet Silverado - 90,556 miles - 2015 Chevrolet 2500HD- 110,201 miles - $39,995 - $33,995 #29060A #CO178B 2010 GMC Yukon - 188,682 miles - Price - Please Call! 76305B 2009 Chevrolet Silverado - 84,063 miles - 22,995! #59876A 2007 Chevrolet Silverado - 119,161 miles - Price - Please Call! #41834B 2005 Chevrolet Malibu - 255,502 miles - Price: Please call! #06375C
