Repatriation of Sacred Indigenous Cultural Heritage and the Law

Dr. Vanessa Tünsmeyer, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Repatriation of Sacred Indigenous Heritage under International Human Rights Law.- 3. Repatriation of Sacred Indigenous Heritage under International Cultural Heritage Law.- 4. Repatriation of Sacred Indigenous Heritage in U.S. Law.- 5. Evaluation of Repatriation in U.S. Law.- 6. Indigenous Sacred Heritage on the National Level: Federal Canadian Law & Canadian Museums.- 7. Repatriation of Sacred Indigenous Cultural Heritage under Provincial Law - Alberta and British Columbia.- 8. Evaluating the Position of Indigenous Indigenous Sacred Cultural Heritage in Canadian Law.- 9. Repatriation Models.- 10. Summary, Conclusions and Recommendations.