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.
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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.
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