In conjunction with its 2017 Community Read of Sherman Alexie’s “Blasphemy,” the Tompkins County Public Library will host Alex Harmon, PhD, for a discussion on the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Wednesday, October 11 at 6 p.m. in the BorgWarner Community Room.
Harmon,
a lecturer in Cornell University’s Department of English, is a scholar on the
intersection between Native American literature and federal Indian law. Her
Library discussion will examine the origins of the repatriation movement, the
language of the law and the pivotal case of the Kennewick Man, in order to
evaluate NAGPRA’s successes and limitations for Native people. It will also
include a discussion of the Cayuga Museum of History and Art’s repatriation of
wampum belts to the Onondaga Nation as a model for the successful application
of NAGPRA’s framework and an example of reaching beyond its confines.
This
program is free and open to the public.
Now
in its 15th year, the Community Read encourages readers to
experience the bond of literature by reading and discussing the same title.
Copies of the book are available to borrow from the Library’s collection and
limited copies are available for local book groups and not-for-profit
organizations.
For more
information or to reserve copies of “Blasphemy” for a book group or agency, contact Tom
Burns at tburns@tcpl.org or (607) 272-4557
extension 253.
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