DOI-NPS offers new grant application process starting Nov. 18

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DOI-NPS offers new grant application process starting Nov. 18

The DOI National Park Service is offering a grant open from Nov. 18 to May 12.

The grant could provide up to $15,000.

Grant funds must be used for REPATRIATION under NAGPRA, which means the transfer of control of Native American human remains and/or cultural items to lineal descendants, Indian tribes, and Native Hawaiian organizations. Repatriation includes disposition of culturally unidentifiable Native American human remains (CUI) according to 43 CFR § 10.11. Repatriation projects defray costs associated with the packaging, transportation, contamination removal, reburial, and/or storage of NAGPRA-related human remains and/or cultural items.