personal opinion n conclusion

NAGPRA is seen as a bureaucratic and messy process that hinders research. It will take many years of discussion between tribes and archaeologists to come to a conclusion and fix past damage. Repatriation of items already acquired has not been completed in the 30 years since NAGPRA was established. Respecting the wishes of those being studied while allowing scientific progress will require technological advancements. The problem with NAGPRA is not that it exists and halts and complicates our research, it's that it is bureaucratic and messy. And those things don't mix well when we are working on a time crunch. As Elizabeth Eastman put it, personally, I don't have answers for you, it is going to take years and years and years of discussion with tribes in order to come to a conclusion between archaeologists, personally, I don't have any answers for you, it is going to take years of discussion between tribes and archaeologists to ever come to a conclusion and to rectify the damage that has been done in the past. NAGPRA is only 30 years old and in that time period we haven't even had the time to repatriate the things that we already have. So it is going to be a while before we come to a conclusion that can both respect the wishes of those who we are studying while allowing us to conduct science. Not considering that we are going to need some heavy technological advances in order to, not considering we are going to need heavy technological advances in order to truly get research done in a non-destructive way.