Navigating Major Disaster Impacts to Mortuary Landscapes: A View from Louisiana

Navigating Major Disaster Impacts to Mortuary Landscapes: A View from Louisiana

Presenter(s)

Ryan Seidemann, J.D., Ph.D., RPA, Arizona State University, University of New Orleans, The Water Institute, Southern University Law Center

Course Description

This course provides practitioners, both within CRM and academia, with a basic overview of disaster impacts and response efforts related to cemeteries--prehistoric, historic, and modern. The focus on Louisiana law is expanded to the rest of the United States, reviewing both statutory law, court actions (case law), and basic human remains law that relates to these unique spaces. This course also provides recommendations for amending existing law around the U.S. and highlights the importance of descendant community agency in the protection of these sites.

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