Center for Indigenous Studies Presents

Possession, Belongings, and Inheritance: Stockbridge-Munsee Community’s Approach to NAGPRA

It is invaluable to Tribal citizens to welcome home lost or looted family heirlooms as part of collective cultural heritage. Bonney Hartley, repatriation representative for Stockbridge-Munsee Community, will share insights from the community’s repatriation efforts in the region and highlight ways that the Tribal Historic Preservation Program has approached matters of possession and belonging in claiming items under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The presentation will also offer recent insights and opportunities in light of the new NAGPRA regulations that took effect in January.

---

The Bard College Center for Indigenous Studies will host its inaugural symposium on Thursday, April 25, and Friday, April 26, at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. The symposium includes workshops, lectures, and discussions centered around Dr. Beth Piatote’s (Nez Perce enrolled Colville Confederated Tribes) brilliant play Antíkoni, an adaptation of Sophocles’ Antigone. Dr. Beth Piatote’s (Nez Perce enrolled Colville Confederated Tribes) play Antíkoni is from her collection The Beadworkers and was written in part while in residence as a fellow at Bard Graduate Center. Inspired by this work’s themes of possession, belonging, and inheritance, the Center for Indigenous Studies has invited speakers to discuss tribal preservation, NAGPRA (Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act), and the universality of the values that run through both Sophocles’ Antigone and Piatote’s adaptation.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].

View Press Release

Time: 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm EDT/GMT-4

Location: Blithewood Manor

Subscribe: Save this Event: Subscribe / .ics File