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Fourth Circuit Rules NAGPRA Applies to Carlisle Boarding School Children’s Remains in Winnebago Tribe Case

RICHMOND, Va. — In a major legal victory for the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled that the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) applies to the remains of Native children buried at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School cemetery, allowing the Tribe’s lawsuit against the…