Summary: 2025 NAGPRA Documentation Consultation Grant - Buddy Calvin Jones Collection

The Caddo Nation of Oklahoma received $150,000 in federal funding under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) program (CFDA 15.922), administered by the National Park Service within the Department of the Interior. The award, effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027, supports documentation consultation and identification activities related to the Buddy Calvin Jones Collection. The project will be performed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and enables the Caddo Nation to conduct consultation, documentation, and cultural affiliation determinations necessary for repatriation response efforts.

This award is consistent with the NAGPRA program's core mission to fund Indian tribes in identifying, documenting, and facilitating the repatriation of Native American human remains and cultural items held in museum collections and other institutional repositories. The two-year project timeline allows the Caddo Nation to conduct thorough consultation processes and documentation work to support potential repatriation of materials associated with the Buddy Calvin Jones Collection, thereby advancing the tribe's cultural preservation and self-determination objectives.