W&M ScholarWorks Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects Theses, Dissertations, & Master Projects 2013 Virginia Indians, NAGPRA, and Cultural Affiliation: visitingRe Identities and Boundaries in the Chesapeake Laura Elizabeth Masur College of William & Mary - Arts & Sciences Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd Part of the Indigenous Studies Commons, and the United States History Commons Recommended Citation Masur, Laura Elizabeth, "Virginia Indians, NAGPRA, and Cultural Affiliation: Revisiting Identities and Boundaries in the Chesapeake" (2013). Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects. Paper 1539626712. https://dx.doi.org/doi:10.21220/s2-z0bt-0d22 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Theses, Dissertations, & Master Projects at W&M ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects by an authorized administrator of W&M ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Virginia Indians, NAGPRA, and Cultural Affiliation: Revisiting Identities and Boundaries in the Chesapeake Laura Elizabeth Masur Clifton, Virginia Bachelor of Arts, The College of William and Mary, 2010 A Thesis presented to the Graduate Faculty of the College of William and Mary in Candidacy for the Degree of Master of Arts Department of Anthropology The College of William and Mary May, 2013 APPROVAL PAGE This Thesis is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts _________ Laura Elizabeth Masur ed by the.Committee, April, 2013 yCommittee Chair Research Assistant Professor Danielle Moretti-Langholtz, Anthropology The College of William and Mary Associate Professor Martin Gallivan/Anthropology The College of William and Mary National Endow ^affor the Hufndmties^^fes^QJ^cl'^a^Blakey, Anthropology The College of William and Mary ABSTRACT Repatriation, the legal process of returning Native American human remains and cultural objects to present-day tribes, is far from simply a legal mandate.