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>To all list readers
>
>I am a graduate student at Tufts University and I am writing a paper on
>the affects of NAGPRA. Specifically, I want to know if the experience of
>NAGPRA has changed the way collections from outside the United States
>are handled, especially from Canada and Mexico. Has it changed the way
>you treat these collections? Are you more likely to work with the native
>cultures? Or, has it made you more cautious? Are there changes that you
>see on the horizon in these areas as a result of NAGPRA? Are there
>issues I haven't even thought of yet?
>If anyone is interested in talking to me about this, please e-mail me
>directly. This paper is not for publication, but merely a research
>project by a student who is interested in working with ethnographic
>collections. Any help you could give me would be appreciated.
>
>Victoria Cranner
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Katherine Jones-Garmil
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