[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 43, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 43CFR10.1]

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                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
PART 10--NATIVE AMERICAN GRAVES PROTECTION AND REPATRIATION REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart A--Introduction
 
Sec. 10.1  Purpose and applicability.


    (a) Purpose. These regulations carry out provisions of the Native 
American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990 (Pub.L. 101-601; 
25 U.S.C. 3001-3013;104 Stat. 3048-3058). These regulations develop a 
systematic process for determining the rights of lineal descendants and 
Indian tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations to certain Native 
American human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects, or objects of 
cultural patrimony with which they are affiliated.
    (b) Applicability. (1) These regulations pertain to the 
identification and appropriate disposition of human remains, funerary 
objects, sacred objects, or objects of cultural patrimony that are:
    (i) In Federal possession or control; or
    (ii) In the possession or control of any institution or State or 
local government receiving Federal funds; or
    (iii) Excavated intentionally or discovered inadvertently on Federal 
or tribal lands.
    (2) These regulations apply to human remains, funerary objects, 
sacred objects, or objects of cultural patrimony which are indigenous to 
Alaska, Hawaii, and the continental United States, but not to 
territories of the United States.
    (3) Throughout these regulations are decision points which determine 
their applicability in particular circumstances, e.g., a decision as to 
whether a museum ``controls'' human remains and cultural objects within 
the meaning of the regulations, or, a decision as to whether an object 
is a ``human remain,'' ``funerary object,'' ``sacred object,'' or 
``object of cultural patrimony'' within the meaning of the regulations. 
Any final determination making the Act or these regulations inapplicable 
is subject to review pursuant to section 15 of the Act.

[60 FR 62158, Dec. 4, 1995, as amended at 62 FR 41293, Aug. 1, 1997]