Baskets

Federal and State Legislation

National NAGPRA (1990). NationalNAGPRA.pdf

California NAGPRA (2001). CalNAGPRA.pdf

Proposed Amendments to National NAGPRA on the "Culturally Unidentifiable" (2007). CulturallyUnid.pdf

SFSU Inventories and Other Documentation

SFSU Notices of Inventory Completion dated 2000-2008:
SFSU Inventories Without Marin County.pdf
(At the request of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, we have withheld Marin County inventories from this document.)

SFSU NAGPRA Program Inventories (Internal):
SFSU NAGPRA Program Inventories.pdf
(At the request of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, we have withheld Marin County inventories from this document.)

The SFSU Campus Master Plan and the Final Environmental Impact Report is available at www.sfsumasterplan.org/eir.html

Basic SFSU Administrative Structure Relevant to NAGPRA: Administration.doc

The architectural designs for a NAGPRA/research facility at the Romberg Tiburon Center proposed by the Anthropology Department (April 2005). ArchDesigns.pdf

NAGPRA Program Inventory (dated Fall 2005).  Inventory2005.doc

CSU NAGPRA Coordinators Affinity Group Meeting Notes/Agenda (January 2006). CSUNAGPRACoord.pdf

The proposal for a NAGPRA facility from the Anthropology Department (July 2006). AnthroProposal.pdf

NAGPRA Program Inventory (dated Fall 2006). Inventory2006.pdf

The Repatriation Task Force Statement (October 2007): Unapproved. RTFStatementOct07.pdf

Treganza Museum documentation on basket collections (as of February 2008). TreganzaInventory.pdf

Guideline Policy for the Sierra Nevada NAGPRA Coalition (approved May 2007): SierraNevadaGuidelines.pdf

News

"Ancient remains a can of worms: When developers unearth burial sites of native tribes, a maze of legal and bureacratic troubles rise up." Matt Krupnick. Contra Costa Times (October 18, 2006). BrentwoodI.pdf

"Bones of Discontent – Andrew Galvan carves a unique, controversial role in relocating Native American skeletons." Ron Russell. SF Weekly (November 21, 2007). BonesContention.pdf

"Developer damaged burial site near Brentwood: Parks system contends Shea Homes ruined American Indian artifacts." Hilary Costa. Contra Costa Times (January 25, 2008). BrentwoodII.pdf

UCB Protest

Blogs

NAGPRA politics at UCB: http://nagpra-ucb.blogspot.com/.

Recommended Readings

Edward M. Luby and Mark F. Gruber. "The Dead Must Be Fed: Symbolic Meanings of the Shellmounds of the San Francisco Bay Area." Cambridge Archaeological Journal 9:1 (1999), 95-108. Luby.pdf

Devon A. Mihesuah, ed., The Repatriation Reader: Who Owns American Indian Remains? Lincoln: Bison Books Corporation/University of Nebraska Press, 2000.

Clayton Dumont, "The Politics of Scientific Objections to Repatriation." Wicazō Śa Review: A Native American Studies Journal 18:1 (Spring 2003), 109-128. Dumont.pdf

Environmental Protection Agency – National Environmental Justice Advisory Council Model Plan for Public Participation (accessed on-line January 2008). EPAModel.pdf

Readings To Be Aware Of

Stephen D. Ousley, William T. Billeck, and R. Eric Hollinger. "Federal Repatriation Legislation and the Role of Physical Anthropology in Repatriation." Yearbook of Physical Anthropology 48: 2-32 (2005). Ousley.pdf