Sacred Claims: Repatriation and Living Tradition (Studies in Religion and Culture)

The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) of 1990 provides a legal framework within which Native Americans can seek the repatriation of human remains and certain categories of cultural objects-including "sacred objects"-from federally funded institutions. Although the repatriation movement among Native Americans has heretofore received scholarly attention specifically focused on this act, Sacred Claims is the first book to analyze the ways in which religious discourse is used to articulate repatriation claims. Greg Johnson takes this act as one instance in a larger context wherein native peoples around the globe must engage legal arenas in order to preserve their heritage. Book jacket.Greg Johnson is the author of 'Sacred Claims: Repatriation and Living Tradition (Studies in Religion and Culture)', published 2007 under ISBN 9780813926612 and ISBN 0813926610.