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60 B.C. L. Rev. 2347 (2019)
Owning Geronimo but Not Elmer McCurdy: The Unique Property Status of Native American Remains

handle is hein.journals/bclr60 and id is 2382 raw text is: OWNING GERONIMO BUT NOT ELMER McCURDY: THE UNIQUE PROPERTY STATUS OF NATIVE AMERICAN REMAINS ALIX ROGERS INTRODUCTION ...................................................................2349 I. THE TREATMENT OF NATIVE AMERICAN REMAINS FROM EARLY AMERICA TO 1989...........2355 II. THE TREATMENT OF NON-NATIVE HUMAN REMAINS IN AMERICA ......... ............2359 A . Collecting in the N am e of Science.................................................................................... 2360 B. Collecting in the Nam e of M edicine.................................................................................2362 III. THE NATIVE AMERICAN GRAVES PROTECTION AND REPATRIATION ACT..........................2365 A. Federal or Tribal Land & Federal Institutions................................................................ 2367 B . H um an R em ains............................................................................................................... 2368 C . O w nership and P roperty.................................................................................................. 2374 IV. LEGAL STATUS, TREATMENT, AND PROTECTION OF HUMAN REMAINS......... .......2377 A. State Protection of Graves and Gravesites....................................................................... 2377 1. Differential Treatment of Burial Grounds ........................ ........2378 2. Modern Recognition and Protections. ....................... ......................2380 3. Vulnerabilities of Burial Grounds That Require Special Attention ....... .......2381 B. Federal Protection of Burial Grounds.............................................................................2384 C . C rim inal P rovisions.........................................................................................................2386 D. Non-Property Personal Rights of Disposition and Control Over Human Remains......... 2388 1. Expanding Protections for Human Remains and the Introduction of Quasi-Property.. 2389 2. The Challenge of Long Dead Remains for Quasi-Property ..............................2390 3. Other Legal Difficulties for Long-Dead Remains......................................2391 E. Non-Property of Non-Native Remains and the Property Status of Native American R em a in s ............................................................................................................................ 2 39 3 1. The Evolving Property Status of Native American Remains ........... ...........2393 V. EXPLORING PROPERTY ..........................................................2399 A. Appropriateness of Property Status.................................................................................. 2400 B . C om m unal P roperty ......................................................................................................... 2402 CONCLUSION .................................................................... 2408 2347

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