The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) has come a long way in the last three decades, but museums still have a lot of work to do, and repatriation does not begin and end with the mandates laid out in NAGPRA regulations. If this work is to be effective and adhere to the spirit of the law, museum practitioners will need to go above and beyond (?) with relationship building, restitution, and authentic storytelling.

This four-week course uses case studies, literature, media, and discussion to delve into the possibilities, complications, and practice of repatriation beyond NAGPRA.