Indigenous United Podcst NASD

This is the last episode in our three part series about the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) at UC Berkeley. In this episode we dig into the history of NAGPRA at UC Berkeley's Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology. We discuss how over 10,000 Native American ancestors came into the Hearst's possession and what has happened since the passing of NAGPRA in 1990.

This is the second episode in our three part series about the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) at UC Berkeley. In this episode we focus on implementation of NAGPRA through an interview with Melanie O’brien. Melanie is the manager of the national NAGPRA program and oversees and administers the national implementation of NAGPRA. She tells us what the law requires and how it is implemented particularly in California for federally unrecognized tribes.

To search for what local museums and institutions are holding use this database to view inventories, summaries and Federal Register Notices:
https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nagpra/databases.htm

Here is a link to the tableau visuals showing the status of NAGPRA cases that Melanie mentions in the interview:
https://public.tableau.com/profile/melanie.obrien#!

For more information about the Jefferson excavation she mentions visit:https://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/jeffersons-excavation-indian-burial-mound

This is the first episode in our three part series about the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) at Berkeley. In this episode we interview Shannon O'Loughlin (Choctaw Nation). Shannon has served on the NAGPRA review committee and was the first Native American to be appointed to the State Department's Cultural Property Advisory Committee. She tells us about the history of the act and ways for the public to get involved.

In this episode we discuss California fires and Indigenous land stewardship by visiting a recently burned area near Pescadero, CA.

Summer 2020 has been full of direct action. We introduce a new season of Indigenous United with a new host, Sierra Edd, and discuss the effects of the Black Lives Matter movement on campus and beyond.

In part two of our series on Ohlone history we bring you an interview with Val Lopez, Chairman of the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band.