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"The Repatriation Debate" and
"FDR, WPA, and the New Deal"

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We invite you to join us for a special webinar on a controversial issue in anthropology and archaeology—as well as the next event in our American history series ([link removed]) .

Our next two webinars are:
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Join NAS this Thursday, January 27th, at 6:30 pm ET, as we discuss "The Repatriation Debate: What Is It?"

Over 30 years ago, in 1990, the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) was passed. NAGPRA is a federal law that mandates the return of human remains and cultural items to modern American Indian tribes. This push for repatriation occurs even if the remains or items are thousands of years old with little evidence to connect the artifacts with the present-day tribes.

NAGPRA, and other similar state repatriation laws, have ignited a debate—which human remains and artifacts should be repatriated and reburied and which should be preserved and studied? What information, such as DNA, historical accounts, or oral traditions, should be treated as evidence? Which evidence should take precedence? And how closely related do remains and artifacts need to be for repatriation to occur?

Rather than work on these issues and the many other repatriation issues, pro-repatriation anthropologists and archaeologists have painted those who are skeptical of repatriation as insensitive to the heritage of present-day tribes, and at worst racists. Furthermore, repatriation ideology has developed into a post-modernist and decolonization movement working to control anthropological researchers by handing control of scientific inquiry to contemporary American Indian communities and their allies.

This webinar will feature Elizabeth Weiss, Professor of Anthropology at San Jose State University; Bruce Bourque, Chief Archaeologist and Curator of Ethnography at the Maine State Museum; and Peter Wood, President of the National Association of Scholars.

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Join NAS next week on Tuesday, February 1st, at 2 pm ET, as we discuss "1933: FDR, WPA, and the New Deal."

In the depths of the Great Depression, FDR's New Deal promised relief to millions of Americans. Most notably, the Works Progress Administration provided jobs for unemployed men to complete public works projects including bridges, roads, parks, and public buildings.

How successful was the WPA at putting Americans to work and assisting them in getting through the difficult years of the depression? Were the rest of FDR's New Deal programs as successful? What legacy does the WPA leave behind today? The New Deal?

This webinar will feature Burton W. Folsom, Distinguished Fellow and Professor Emeritus of History at Hillsdale College; Paul Moreno, William and Berniece Grewcock Chair in Constitutional History at Hillsdale College; and Tiffany Miller, Associate Professor of Politics at University of Dallas.

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I look forward to seeing you in the virtual audience!

Best,
Chance Layton
Director of Communications
National Association of Scholars

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