Space Force Base Catalogs Native American Remains for Return
Published Date: 7/29/2025
Notice
Summary
The Air Force at Vandenberg Space Force Base finished checking and listing Native American human remains and related items. They found these remains are connected to certain Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian groups. Now, they’re ready to return these important items to the right communities, following the law, with no costs or delays expected.
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Repatriation Ready for Native Remains
If you are one of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations named in this notice, the Department of the Air Force at Vandenberg Space Force Base completed an inventory under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and determined a cultural affiliation between certain human remains and associated funerary objects and your group. The Air Force is ready to return those human remains and funerary objects to the affiliated tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and the notice states no costs or delays are expected.
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