sweeping piece of -- i d't know exactly ithis is legislation or what exactly the solution is, but nagpraed many museums to begin doing what we really should think of as the bare minim most of things like inventorying their collections and trying to know how many remains even more connected to different groups of people. even with that, especially between -- back and forth and valid in my view and i think a view shared bmany people, shell games and roadblocks being thrown up and ways in which people were made the following the lett of the law but not ally at all following the spirit of the la we have seen some examples of repatriation's going beyond nagpra, either going to canada or other countries, materials that don't necessarily fall und the purview o the law. but by and large coming museums were really only do is to shelley what they are legally required -- institutions will only do legally with their required to do. amy: a book with the new york times coastal reporting the smithsonian is considering issuing a statement about the remains it holds of african americans. the national mus