Live webinars will resume in April 2026.
The National NAGPRA Program offers free, on-demand training covering a wide range of topics for both beginner and advanced NAGPRA practitioners.
The National NAGPRA Program has transitioned to Microsoft Teams for all upcoming webinars. Past webinar recordings remain available anytime on the National NAGPRA Program YouTube Channel. From January through March, we are featuring previously recorded webinars that address topics we continue to receive frequent questions about.
January: Hypothetical Scenarios and Frequent Questions with Melanie O’Brien (recorded April 2025)
February: Steps to Repatriation - Inventories with Kate Compton-Gore (recorded May 2025)
March: Determining Cultural Affiliation Under NAGPRA with Melanie O'Brien (recorded August 2024)
Live Webinars
April 17, 2026: Simplifying NAGPRA with Kate Compton-Gore
May 15, 2026: What is (Not) Repatriation with Kate Compton-Gore and NAGPRA Fellows
June 19, 2026: Go Big When the Ancestors Go Home with Kate Compton-Gore
Training Seminars
Note: Many of these trainings were developed under the previous regulatory framework and some references may be outdated. 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.
This training will cover the basics of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), who the law applies to, and the background of why the law was created.
This training will cover when consultation occurs, the legal mandates for consultation, and who the consulting parties are under NAGPRA.
NAGPRA Consultation in a Virtual Setting
This training will explore the ways in which meaningful consultation can take place in a virtual setting as part of compliance with Subpart C of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA).
This training will cover what an inventory is and who must compile one, the legal definition of categories under an inventory, and why an inventory is necessary under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA).
This training will cover what a summary is and who must compile one, the legal definition of categories under a summary, and why a summary is necessary under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA).
Establishing a NAGPRA Data Management System for Museums
This training will discuss how best to establish and maintain a robust data management system as part of compliance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA).
This training will review available resources for identifying aboriginal land, demonstrate their uses, and review case studies
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.
Explore NAGPRA in a nutshell through a composite of interviews with NAGPRA constituents.
Explore the significant events that led to the passage of NAGPRA, and consider the significance for Native Americans, museums and the scientific community today.
Understand how the term "consultation" is defined under NAGPRA, review NAGPRA's requirements for consultation, and get guidelines and suggestions toward successful consultation.
Explore how to determine cultural affiliation under NAGPRA, examine how a decision is reached, and review what occurs when there is a dispute over a finding.
Understand NAGPRA notices and find out what information each type of notice should contain.
Discuss two types of grants, review grant supported activities, and hear from successful grant applicants and NAGPRA Grants panelists. Find tips for strengthening your grant application.
Hear from past and present Review Committee members about membership and responsibilities, watch an actual dispute before a Review Committee, and listen to members' personal perspectives on working relationships, consensus, and emerging issues in NAGPRA.
Walk through the NAGPRA civil penalties process. Discover how a museum can fail to comply with the Act, how to file an allegation against a museum, the museum's rights in a proceeding, and what's involved in the civil penalty stage of the process.
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.Last updated: January 9, 2026