UC Berkeley Set to Repatriate Native Hawaiian Cultural Items
Published Date: 6/27/2025
Notice
Summary
The University of California, Berkeley is planning to return certain Native American and Native Hawaiian cultural items to their rightful tribes and organizations. This action follows a law that protects Native heritage and respects their history. The repatriation will happen soon, showing the university’s commitment to doing the right thing without any cost to the public.
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Repatriation of funerary objects
The University of California, Berkeley intends to return certain cultural items that meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects to Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations with which they have a cultural affiliation, under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). This notice announces the university’s intent to repatriate those affiliated items to the named tribes and organizations.
Repatriation incurs no public cost
The university states the planned repatriation will be carried out without any cost to the public. This means taxpayers are not being charged for the transfer of these items back to the affiliated Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations.
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