[from the Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawai'i Nei, via Triballaw]
To evade NAGPRA ... er ... to serve the interest of Native Hawai'ians, the Bishop Museum is now asserting that under federal law it qualifies as a "Native Hawaiian organization". The way the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act game is played, if two "Native organizations" differ about the disposition of materials held by a museum, the museum can defer surrender of the materials, grave goods and human remains, until the dispute between the two "Native organizations" is resolved. If the Bishop claim of "Native Hawaiian" status is upheld, and in view of Rice v Cayetano, that is not impossible, the Bishop "curatorial" claim on Native Hawaiian materials looks pretty golden.
http://www.bishopmuseum.org/NAGPRAGuidlines.html
Posted by EBW at September 8, 2004 06:07 PM | TrackBack