Does NAGPRA apply to cultural items that originate outside of the United States?
No. The NAGPRA regulations “apply to human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects, or objects of cultural patrimony which are indigenous to Alaska, Hawaii, and the continental United States, but not to territories of the United States” [43 CFR 10.1(b)(2)]. For more information, go to International Repatriation.
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