to inform and engage with tribes whose materials they may possess. NAGPRA was enacted primarily at the insistence and by the direction of members of Native American nations.

Tribal concerns

Tribes had many reasons based in law that made legislation concerning tribal grave protection and repatriation necessary.
*State Statutory Law: Historically, states only regulated and protected marked graves. Native American graves were often unmarked and did not receive the protection provided by

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