The Need for Enhanced and Meaningful Confidentiality in Tribal Cultural Resource Protection
Legal Planet
NOVEMBER 26, 2021
For Indigenous Peoples, the forced removal from ancestral lands coupled with the Western commodification of human remains and ceremonial objects has resulted in a devastating and ongoing loss of cultural resources. This loss includes both tangible resources and landscapes as well as intangible traditional knowledge. During the pursuit of cultural resource protection, tribes are compelled to reveal an extraordinary amount of sensitive information.
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