Previous Announcements
SAA testimony at House Natural Resources Committee oversight hearing on NAGPRA implementation
October 7, 2009
SAA Detailed Comments on proposed Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act regulations on disposition of culturally unidentifiable human remains
January 14, 2008
SAA Statement on the Dept. of the Interior Proposed Rule for Disposition of CUHR (11/07)
NPS Draft Regulations on Culturally Unidentifiable Human Remains (PDF)
October 16, 2007
SAA Presentation before NAGPRA Review Committee on Unclaimed Cultural Items (PDF)
April 20, 2007
SAA comments on proposed rule for disposition of unclaimed human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony (PDF)
November 28, 2005
SAA testimony on S. 536 (section 108), a proposed amendment to NAGPRA, before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs (PDF)
July 28, 2005
SAA comments on proposed NAGPRA regulations on future applicability (PDF)
January 17, 2005
SAA Statement on Proposed NAGPRA Amendment
October 5, 2004
Ninth Circuit Declines Appeal on Kennewick Decision
April 27, 2004
U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision on Kennewick Man. (PDF)
February 25, 2004
1998 National Park Service testimony on guidelines for scientific study under NAGPRA (PDF)
February 13, 2003
News Release: SAA Responds to the Kennewick Man Court Decision (PDF version)
September 3, 2002
Link to Jelderks' Kennewick Man Decision (PDF)
August 30, 2002
Letter from SAA Legal Counsel to NPS regarding Department of the Interior Authority Concerning Culturally Unidentifiable Human Remains Under NAGPRA. (PDF)
February 7, 2002
SAA comment letter regarding California NAGPRA bill. (PDF)
June 7, 2001
SAA position paper on The Secretary of the Interior's September 21, 2000 Determination of Cultural Affiliation for Kennewick Man (Also, read the statement by the American Association of Physical Anthropologists)
October 14, 2000
SAA testifies before Senate Indian Affairs Committee on NAGPRA oversight. Click here to read the oversight hearing.
July 25, 2000
The National Park Service seeks public comments on the NAGPRA Review Committee's Draft Principles of Agreement Regarding the Disposition of Culturally Unidentifiable Human Remains. SAA has provided formal comment to the Review Committee through a Letter and attached Line-by-line Comments. The American Association of Physical Anthropologists has also commented on the Draft Principles. The Review Committee takes comments seriously and SAA encourages its members to respond to Review Committee draft. Comments are due September 3.
August 30, 1999
The National Park Service seeks public comments on its Draft Principles of Agreement regarding the Disposition of Culturally Unidentifiable Human Remains
July 14, 1999
Statement of the Society for American Archaeology and the American Association of Physical Anthropologists to the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs regarding the implementation of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
April 20, 1999
Letter to the Secretary of the Interior, Bruce Babbitt, regarding request for legal review of critical issues in the implementation of NAGPRA
April 13, 1999
Letter to the Secretary of the Interior, Bruce Babbitt, regarding museum requests for extensions for NAGPRA inventories
April 6, 1999
SAA Policy concerning the Treatment of Human Remains