Panel for a - National Dialogue on Museum/Native American Relations

Resolution of the iswe should be governed by respect for the human rights of Native peoples and for the values of scientific research and public education. [...] Goldwater Center for Cross-Cultural Communication accepted the responsibility for organizing and sponsoring the dialogue, with the: aim of reporting results to the Committee prior to the opening of the Second Session of the lOlst Congress in January, 1990. [...] Even more gratifying was the fact that, members of the Panel wcrc able to reach broad consensus on a set of general principles and procedural and substantive policy guidelines that, in the Panel's view, should govern the behavior and respective rights of museiirns and tribes in relation to Native American materials. [...] Ex-officio members of the panel would include a facilita- tor, members of the Senate Select Cornmiltee and House of Representatives staffs, and a panel administrator, As the result of consultation among national leaders of the museum, anthropology and Native American communities, the following pcoplc wcrc invited to serve as members of the Panel for a National Dialogue on Museum- Native American R. [...] The organizations' demonstrated respect for the original peoples and cultures of this country will help instill in the general public an under- standing of the responsibilities of the nation to Native Atnerican peoples.