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Landmark legislation protecting Native American cultural items turns 30. The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act requires museums and any institution that receives federal funds to return items of tribal cultural significance taken from federal land. The legislation was the result of decades of work by Native experts and activists who were fighting the theft of Native items over the years. We’ll talk with the people who were instrumental in getting the legislation passed as well as tribal historic preservation officers who rely on it to protect their cultural patrimony.
Guests:
Shannon Keller O’Loughlin (Choctaw) – executive director of the Association on American Indian Affairs
Dr. James Riding In (Pawnee) – founding member of American Indian Studies at Arizona State University
Dr. Suzan Shown Harjo (Cheyenne & Hodulgee Muscogee) – a founding trustee of the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian and president of the Morningstar Institute
Break 1 music: Urban Crow Dance (Of The Bird Kind) (song) Joy Harjo (artist) Red Dreams, A Trail Beyond Tears (album)
Break 2 music: Chant (song) Mihana (artist) One Little Dream (album)
