Ball State University Plans Return of Sacred Tribal Items
Published Date: 7/28/2025
Notice
Summary
Ball State University is planning to return sacred and culturally important items to Native American tribes and Native Hawaiian groups. This means these communities will get their special objects back, respecting their heritage and traditions. The process follows a law that helps protect and honor these cultural treasures, with no costs expected for the public.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Repatriation of Sacred Tribal Items
If you are a member of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations named in this notice, Ball State University intends to return sacred objects and objects of cultural patrimony to your community under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The repatriation covers items that the notice says meet the definitions of sacred objects and objects of cultural patrimony.
Repatriation Incurred No Public Cost
The notice states that the repatriation process will follow NAGPRA and that no costs are expected for the public. This means the public is not expected to pay for the action described in the notice.
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