2025-12838Notice

Indiana's Ball State Uni Plans Return of Native Heritage Treasures

Published Date: 7/10/2025

Notice

Summary

Ball State University is planning to return important cultural items to Native American tribes and Native Hawaiian groups, following the law that protects these treasures. This means some artifacts will be sent back to their rightful communities soon, respecting their history and heritage. The process is part of a legal effort to honor and preserve Native cultures without any cost to the tribes.

Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

University to Return Native Cultural Items

Ball State University intends to return certain cultural items that meet the definition of objects of cultural patrimony and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations named in this notice, under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The items will be repatriated to those tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations without cost to them.

Your PRIA Score

Score Hidden

Personalized for You

How does this regulation affect your finances?

Sign up for a PRIA Policy Scan to see your personalized alignment score for this federal register document and every other regulation we track. We analyze your financial profile against policy provisions to show you exactly what matters to your wallet.

Free to start

Key Dates

Published Date
7/10/2025

Department and Agencies

Department
Independent Agency
Agency
Interior Department
National Park Service
Source: View HTML
Back to Federal Register

Take It Personal

Get Your Personalized Policy View

Start a Free Government Policy Watch to see how policy affects your household, then upgrade to PRIA Full Coverage for year-round monitoring.

Already have an account? Sign in