Training

Training Resources

The National NAGPRA Program offers free, on-demand training covering a wide range of topics for both beginner and advanced NAGPRA practitioners.

Beginning in 2026, all webinars hosted by the National NAGPRA Program will take place on Microsoft Teams. Additionally, recordings of previous webinars are accessible at any time through the National NAGPRA Program YouTube Channel.

2026 Webinars

January 2026: Hypothetical Scenarios and Frequent Questions (recorded April 2025) Watch Recording

February 2026: Steps to Repatriation - Inventories (recorded May 2025) Watch Recording

March 2026: Determining Cultural Affiliation Under NAGPRA (recorded August 2024) Watch Recording

April 17, 2026: Simplifying NAGPRA

May 15, 2026: (Canceled)

June 26, 2026: What is (Not) Repatriation & Go Big When the Ancestors Go Home with Kate Compton-Gore - Register for this webinar

July and Agust 2026: No scheduled webinars

September 18, 2026: TBD

October 16, 2026: TBD

November 20, 2026: TBD

December 2026: No scheduled webinar

2025 Webinars

January 2025: Deadlines and Timelines for Repatriation - Watch recording
February 2025: Definitions of Human Remains and Cultural Items - Watch recording
March 2025: Notices under NAGPRA (2025) - Watch recording
April 2025: Hypothetical Scenarios and Frequent Questions - Watch recording
May 2025: Steps to Repatriation – Inventories - Watch recording
June 2025: Steps to Repatriation – Summaries - Watch recording
July 2025: Steps to Disposition – Watch recording
August 2025: Utilizing the NAGPRA Website and Available Resources – Watch recording
September 2025: NAGPRA Resources for Lineal Descendants, Tribes, and NHOs – Watch recording

2024 Webinars

January 2024: Overview of the Revised NAGPRA Regulations – Watch recording
February 2024: Deep dive into Repatriation of Human Remains and Associated Funerary Objects – Watch recording
March 2024: Deep Dive into Repatriation of Cultural Items – Watch recording
April 2024: Notices Under NAGPRA (2024) – Watch recording
May 2024: Consultation Under NAGPRA: Definition, Requirements, and Practice – Watch recording
June 2024: Understanding NAGPRA and Indian Groups without Federal Recognition – Watch recording
July 2024: Deep dive into Protection on Federal or Tribal lands – Watch recording
August 2024: Determining Cultural Affiliation Under NAGPRA – Watch recording
September 2024: Civil Penalties Under the Revised NAGPRA Regulations – Watch recording
October 2024: The Role and Responsibilities of the NAGPRA Review Committee – Watch recording
November 2024: Federal lands in Hawai'I – Watch recording

Training Seminars

Many of these seminars were developed prior to January 12, 2024, when the updated NAGPRA regulations went into effect. Some references may be outdated, however the content and information is still relevant and useful for understanding NAGPRA.

The National NAGPRA Program partnered with the National Preservation Institute to develop in-depth training on various issues related to NAGPRA implementation. Through a cooperative agreement between the National Park Service and the National Preservation Institute, these online training seminars were developed based on in-person seminars designed to provide participants with practical knowledge and tools needed to support their NAGPRA efforts.

NAGPRA 101

NAGPRA Consultation

NAGPRA Consultation in a Virtual Setting

NAGPRA Inventories

NAGPRA Summaries

Establishing a NAGPRA Data Management System for Museums

Aboriginal Land Under NAGPRA

Videos

Produced in 2010, the National NAGPRA Program conducted fifty interviews in ten cities across the country. These interviews with tribal members, museum officials, and Federal agency representatives provide hours of information on consultation, grants, notices, law making, dispositions, documentation, and repatriation.

NAGPRA

The Development of NAGPRA

Consultation under NAGPRA

Decision-Making under NAGPRA

Notices

Grants

Review Committee

Civil Penalties

Other Videos

Implementing NAGPRA Connecting Medical Examiner and Coroner Offices to Tribal Partners

This project is designed to connect tribal partners to medical examiner/coroner (ME/C) offices to faciitate successful disposition protocols for non-forensically significant Native American remains that are compliant with NAGPRA. The presentation is supported by a grant awarded by the National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice.