Professor Jennifer McStotts’ Blog

All,
I was wrong about the last email business - I wanted to send some comments about the last PrEx.

1. Re: repatriation of the artifacts and remains - yes, it is required. The key is in the statute; I’m sorry if I confused any of you with my answer regarding a “retroactive clause”. No, there is not clause that says explicitly NAGPRA is retroactive, but there doesn’t need to be. What it says is that museums have to summarize and inventory their collections at the time the law was passed and repatriate in certain conditions. That’s not retroactive per se, so I struggled to answer the question I was asked.

3. I was looking for the triggering of any or all of the following laws:

I didn’t expect any of you to bring up AIRFA, as it is primarily instruction to the agencies to provide access. Here there’s really no need for the tribe to be required to give itself access, right?

4(b). What I mean by “internal nature” is the fact that this could be said to be a civil dispute. Does Hague apply to civil (internal) disputes? Yes - any armed conflict, not just “war”. Does NHPA 402 apply if we say this is internal, or is it still 106? I don’t know. Many of these questions (#4) are to test your reasoning. This one had fewer right answers than any other practical exercise.

4(c). Remember that the waiver has two aspects.

4(d). WHL or former NR status may make a difference primarily under 402, but also under the Hague convention. How you answer this will depend largely on your previous answers.

I hope that helps.
All the best!

Hello!
Glossary 2 grades and exam 2 grades are now posted; both should show up under My Grades, and under the assignment itself, there’s a downloadable rubric for the glossary. Two or three of you also got comments back directly on the document, so look for those.

Re: The exam’s curve. The best score in both classes was an 88. Curving the grades so everyone got 12 extra points put the average at 72 and the median at 68. While not ideal, it is acceptable. I did bear in mind if your exam score was lower than your normal grade when making final grades.

If you have questions, please make sure you’ve looked at all of your feedback, double checked your math, and cooled your temper before you email me.

Have a great summer!

Hello all,
This will likely be the last post you get from me. Your PrEx4 and Indep Project grades are up. I also created a column for poster grades as well. Should all be viewable from My Grades. The PrEx has a rubric you can download for feedback, and the papers have comments in the grade field on the assignment itself.
Re: Your Independent Projects, remember that your final grade for the project as a whole was the paper (the out-of-100 grade posted on WebCT) and your preliminary work (out of 10). To calculate, use this equation:
Prelim + (Paper*.9)
Thanks!