Biological samples taken from Native American Ancestors are human remains under NAGPRA

Author:

Bader Alyssa C.12ORCID,Carbaugh Aimée E.3ORCID,Davis Jenny L.34ORCID,Krupa Krystiana L.5ORCID,Malhi Ripan S.346ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Anthropology McGill University Montreal Quebec Canada

2. Department of Culture and History Sealaska Heritage Institute Juneau Alaska USA

3. Department of Anthropology University of Illinois Urbana‐Champaign Urbana Illinois USA

4. American Indian Studies Program University of Illinois Urbana‐Champaign Urbana Illinois USA

5. Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation University of Illinois Urbana‐Champaign Champaign Illinois USA

6. Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology University of Illinois Urbana‐Champaign Urbana Illinois USA

Abstract

AbstractIn the United States, the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) provides a specific framework for the disposition of Native American Ancestral remains within its purview. However, samples such as a bone fragment, tooth, or other biological tissue taken from the remains of these Ancestors have been treated by institutions and researchers as independent of the individual from whom they were removed and used in destructive research such as paleogenomic and other archaeometric analyses without consultation, consent, and collaboration from Native American communities; are not cared for in keeping with the current best practices for Indigenous Ancestors; and are not likely to be repatriated to their communities. Here, we demonstrate that any biological samples removed from Ancestors who are covered under NAGPRA must also be handled according to the stipulations defined for “human remains” within the legislation. As such, we are not proposing a change to existing legislation, but rather best practices, specific to the context of the United States and NAGPRA, relating to the use of and care for biological samples taken from Native American Ancestors.

Funder

SBE Office of Multidisciplinary Activities

Publisher

Wiley

Subject

Paleontology,Archeology,Genetics,Anthropology,Anatomy,Epidemiology

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