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such as the National Historic Preservation Act and the Archaeological Resources Protection Act; both also mandate consultation with Native American tribes. Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) of 1990 (P.L. 101-601) establishes the criteria by which Native Americans own the human remains, associated funerary objects, sacred objects and objects of cultural patrimony that are located on federal or tribal lands. NAGPRA mandates that federal agencies consult and negotiate with Native American tribes to manage the intentional excavation and inadvertent discovery of these classes of Native American property on federal and tribal lands. The law requires consultation with traditional Native American religious leaders as well as secular tribal governments. American Indian Religious Freedom Act The American Indian Religious Freedom Act (AlRFA) established a federal policy to protect and preserve for American Indians, Eskimos, Aleuts, and Native Hawaiians, their right to believe, express, and exercise their traditional religions. In this law, Congress recognized that there are fundamental differences between traditional tribal religions and the more common religions of the larger American society. One of the most important char- acteristics of traditional tribal religions is the integral rela- tionship between humans and the natural world upon which traditional tribal cultures depend. Specific places may have cultural and religious significance because of their role as shrines, cemeteries, or resource locations for plants and animals. In enacting AlRFA, Congress recog- nized that infringements on the religious freedom of tra- ditional Native Americans have resulted, in part, from a lack of knowledge and from insensitive and inflexible enforcement of federal policies and regulations. 30 Religious Freedom Restoration Act The Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (P.L. 103-141) was enacted to protect the free exercise of religion. It mandates that the federal government shall not substantially burden a person's exercise of religion even if the burden results from a rule of general applic- ability unless it can demonstrate a compelling govern- mental interest. The act restores the compelling interest test as set forth in Sherbert v. Verner, 374 U.S. 398 (1963) and Wisconsin v Yoder, 406 U.S. 205 (1972). The application of the compelling interest test places the burden on the federal (or state) government to prove a compelling interest and goal for implementing a particular law or regulation and that there is a one to one relationship of the law being directly related to that goal. However, in Wisconsin v. Yoder the Supreme Court ruled that, even though the state of Wisconsin had a compelling interest to educate its citizens, the state compulsory attendance laws could not be applied to Amish children, who were receiving a comparable education at home, because the requirement of attend- ing public schools might "undermine the Amish com- munity and religious practice" (Getches, et al 1993:767). National Historic Preservation Act National Historic Preservation Act (P.L. 89-665; NHPA) of 1966 includes a declaration of congressional findings that "...the spirit and direction of the Nation are founded upon and reflected in its historic heritages and that the historical and cultural foundations of the Nation should be preserved as a living part of our community life and development in order to give a sense of orientation to the American people." Section 106 of the NHPA specifically charges that, ... the head of any Federal agency having direct or indirect jurisdiction over a proposed Federal or federally assisted undertaking in any State