Preservation Training Seminar for Native Hawaiian Burial Protection
Hawai‘i Preservation in Practice Training Seminar: Native Hawaiian Burial Protection & NAGPRA Historic Hawai‘i Foundation, in partnership with the Department of the Interior’s National Park Service and Office of Native Hawaiian Relations, will offer a free seminar on grave protections and repatriation. Native Hawaiian Burial Protection and NAGRPA Date: Wednesday, May 26, 2021 Time: 10:00 – 11:45 a.m. Cost: Free Virtual Webinar via ZOOM The seminars provide training to the native Hawaiian community and members of the public, private and government sectors who are interested in Native Hawaiian burial treatment and protection and the laws and procedures that govern them. Native Hawaiian Burial Protection and NAGPRA Date: Wednesday, May 26, 2021 Time: 10:00 – 11:45 a.m. REGISTER The seminar is co-sponsored by the American Planning Association Hawaiʻi Chapter. This seminar has been submitted to the American Planning Association for certificate maintenance credits for AICP. ABOUT THE COURSE The seminar will present the historic and cultural context for grave protections and repatriation and best practices for avoiding sensitive sites and engaging in consultation with lineal and cultural descendants. The course will include an examination of the federal Native American Graves and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) law and the state HRS 6E historic preservation law and explore procedures, standards and guidelines and their relationship to native Hawaiian burial treatment and protection. Through the training attendees will learn: • Cultural context for Hawaiian burials and treatment for iwi kūpuna; • Historical context for burial protection laws and systems; • Purpose, use and implementation of HRS 6E-43, 43.5, 43.6: Hawai‘i’s statutes for Native Hawaiian burial protection; • Purpose, use and implementation of NAGPRA: National laws for grave protection [...]