# Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act Regulations
> **Bureau of Indian Affairs** · Final rule. · Published 1995-12-04 · Effective 1996-01-03 · 60 FR 62134
## Document
- **Document number:** 95-29418
- **Category:** tribal-affairs
- **Sub-agency:** Bureau of Indian Affairs
- **Federal Register citation:** 60 FR 62134
- **CFR reference:** 43 CFR 10
- **Publication date:** 1995-12-04
- **Effective date:** 1996-01-03
## Abstract

This final rule establishes definitions and procedures for lineal descendants, Indian tribes, Native Hawaiian organizations, museums, and Federal agencies to carry out the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990. These regulations develop a systematic process for determining the rights of lineal descendants, Indian tribes, and Native Hawaiian organizations to certain Native American human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects, or objects of cultural patrimony with which they are affiliated.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1995/12/04/95-29418/native-american-graves-protection-and-repatriation-act-regulations)
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