Possible uses and use restrictions...
Project grants may support the following: Documentation grants for museums may be used to: a) bring lineal descendants, traditional religious leaders, and authorized representatives of Indian tribes, Alaska Native villages and corporations, and Native Hawaiian organizations to inspect collections and consult regarding the identification, cultura affiliation, proper care, treatment, and repatriation of Native American cultural items; b) bring traditional religious leaders and representatives, and authorized representatives of Indian tribes, Alaska Native villages and corporations, and Native Hawaiian organizations to inspect collections and consult regarding culturally unidentifiable Native American human remains; c) provide NAGPRA training for staff members; d) fund travel by staff members to consult with lineal descendants, traditional religious leaders, and Indian tribe, Alaska Native village and corporation, and Native Hawaiian organization officials regarding the proper care, treatment, and disposition of Native American cultural items; and e) continued documentation of unassociated funerary objects of cultural patrimony in consultation with lineal descendants, traditional religious leaders and Indian tribe, Alaska Native village and corporation, and Native Hawaiian organization officials. Documentation grants for Indian tribes, Alaska Native villages and corporations, and Native Hawaiian organizations may be used to: a) assess and evaluate summaries, inventories, and other documentation provided by museums and Federal agencies; b) provide NAGPRA training for staff members; c) communicate with museums and Federal agency officials regarding culturally affiliated human remains and cultural items; d) travel to inspect collections and consult with museum and Federal agency officials regarding the identification, cultural affiliation, proper care, treatment, and repatriation of Native American human remains and cultural items; and e) document the cultural affiliation of Native American human remains and cultural items currently in the control of museums and Federal agencies. Repatriation grants for museums, Indian tribes, Alaska Native villages and corporations, and Native Hawaiian organizations may be used for: a) travel by Indian tribe, Alaska Native village and corporation or Native Hawaiian organization or museum representatives to accompany or accept human remains or other cultural items that are being repatriated; b) transportation of authorized representatives of Indian tribes, Alaska Native villages and corporations, Native Hawaiian organizations, or museums to accept and/or accompany human remains or cultural items that are being repatriated; and c) construction of appropriate containers for the transport and disposition of repatriated Native American human remains and cultural items. Grant funds may not be used for activities related to the documentation or repatriation of human remains and cultural items from the Smithsonian Institution; activities related to the inadvertent discovery and/or intentional excavation of Native American human remains and other cultural items on Federal or tribal lands pursuant to NAGPRA Section 3 and 43 C.F.R. 10 Subpart B; museum or tribal costs, including expert testimony; care and curation of repatriated Native American human remains and cultural items; construction or renovation of facilities; or purchase of land or buildings.