NASX 191 Indigenous Cultural Resource Protection and Preservation

In this course students will learn how to protect and preserve cultural resources and sites. The course will include a study of federal and state laws on the protection of cultural resources, archaeological practices in preservation, recordation, and archiving and museum practices. Nomination procedures for National Register of Historic Places, Native American Graves Repatriation and Protection Act (NAGPRA). Discussions will include why American Indians need to do this work and monitor how others do it, and a critical review of the loss of cultural resources to processes of colonization and corruption. Students will learn of professional associations that support Indigenous archaeology and federal and state programs and groups that provide funding for cultural resource preservation and protection.

Distribution

Native Studies

Offered

Fall, Spring