Home›Sources›Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act Systematic Processes for Disposition or Repatriation of Native American Human Remains, Funerary Objects, Sacred Objects, and Objects of Cultural Patrimony; Final RuleSourcesNative American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act Systematic Processes for Disposition or Repatriation of Native American Human Remains, Funerary Objects, Sacred Objects, and Objects of Cultural Patrimony; Final RuleCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act Systematic Processes for Disposition or Repatriation of Native American Human Remains, Funerary Objects, Sacred Objects, and Objects of Cultural Patrimony; Final Rule." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/nagpra-2023-final-rule.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act Systematic Processes for Disposition or Repatriation of Native American Human Remains, Funerary Objects, Sacred Objects, and Objects of Cultural Patrimony; Final Rule. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/nagpra-2023-final-ruleCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-native-american-graves-protection-and-re, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act Systematic Processes for Disposition or Repatriation of Native American Human Remains, Funerary Objects, Sacred Objects, and Objects of Cultural Patrimony; Final Rule}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/nagpra-2023-final-rule}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXThe 2023 NAGPRA final rule, published in the Federal Register on December 13, 2023 and effective January 12, 2024, revises the implementing regulations for the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, requiring deference to tribal and Native Hawaiian traditional knowledge and consent before research, exhibition or loan of covered items. Its strength is that it is the regulation itself, the primary legal text currently in force, not a summary of it. Its limit is that it covers only what changed in 2023 and 2024, not the Act's original 1990 provisions or the decades of practice before this rule.FactsClaims Backed By This Source (9 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1Reliability tier 1: the regulation's own text, published in the Federal Register by the Department of the Interior, the primary legal source currently in force rather than a summary or secondary account of it.NotesWell-attestedFederal Register Vol. 88, No. 238, pp. 86452 to 86540. Published December 13, 2023; effective January 12, 2024. 43 CFR Part 10; RIN 1024-AE19; FR Document Number 2023-27040. Revises the NAGPRA implementing regulations in full, requiring deference to lineal descendants' and Indian Tribes' or Native Hawaiian organizations' traditional knowledge in determining cultural affiliation, eliminating the "culturally unidentifiable" category, and requiring consent before exhibiting, loaning or researching covered human remains and cultural items. The regulation itself, not a legal-history study of the statute's effects; covers only what is current in 2023 and 2024, not the Act's original 1990 provisions or events before this rule.CitationAuthorWell-attestedUnited States Department of the Interior, Office of the SecretaryPublisherWell-attestedOffice of the Federal RegisterPublication YearWell-attested2023URLWell-attestedhttps://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/12/13/2023-27040/native-american-graves-protection-and-repatriation-act-regulationsSource TypeWell-attestedlegalClaims Backed By This Source (9 claims)This source backs 9 claims across the atlas. As facts: 9 well-attested.Disposition By TopicSources, 8 claims: 8 well-attested.Articles, 1 claims: 1 well-attested.Well-attested9ArticlesThirty Years of Working It OutSourcesNative American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act Systematic Processes for Disposition or Repatriation of Native American Human Remains, Funerary Objects, Sacred Objects, and Objects of Cultural Patrimony; Final RuleComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year