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The National Preservation Institute, a nonprofit organization founded in 1980, educates those involved in the management, preservation, and stewardship of cultural heritage.

 

NAGPRA: Preparing for and Writing Grant Proposals

Denver, CO — January 29-30, 2015

Seminar held in cooperation with the National Park Service,

Intermountain Region and the National NAGPRA Program

Deadline to register: January 15, 2015

 

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NAGPRA: Preparing for and Writing Grant Proposals

San Francisco, CA — February 10-11, 2015

Seminar held in cooperation with the

National Park Service, National NAGPRA Program

and The Presidio Trust

Deadline to register: January 27, 2015

 

Scholarships and travel grants may be available.

The grant application and other registration information is available at www.npi.org/register.html.

 

Seminar description. The National NAGPRA Program offers grants to assist museums and Indian tribes with the compliance process under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The NAGPRA process may include consultation and documentation regarding human remains and cultural items, and their repatriation or disposition. Learn how to assess the needs of a NAGPRA program, identify fundable projects, and write successful Consultation/Documentation and Repatriation grant proposals. An agenda is available at www.npi.org/sem-NAGPRAgrant.html.

 

Instructors. Jan I. Bernstein, managing director, Bernstein & Associates NAGPRA Consultants, works with Indian tribes, Native Hawaiian organizations, museums, and federal agencies to provide training, grant writing, strategic plan development/implementation, consultation facilitation, repatriation claim development, and reburial assistance

 

Megon Noble, NAGPRA project manager, University of California, Davis, coordinates NAGPRA compliance efforts for the campus; previously the Archaeology NAGPRA coordinator with the Burke Museum, University of Washington, and taught museums collections management

 

Questions? Please contact us. Thank you.

 

Jere Gibber

Executive Director

National Preservation Institute

P.O. Box 1702, Alexandria, VA 22313

703.765.0100; 703.768.9350 fax

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