National Museum Of American Indian Act
The National Museum of the American Indian Act (NMAIA) was enacted on November 28, 1989, as Public Law 101-185. The law established the National Museum of the American Indian as part of the Smithsonian Institution. This law also required the Secretary of the Smithsonian to prepare an inventory of all Indian and Native Hawaiian human remains and funerary objects in Smithsonian collections, as well as consider the repatriation of these items to federally recognized Indian tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations.
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