Space Force Base Returns Ancient Remains to Chumash Tribe
Published Date: 7/29/2025
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Summary
The Air Force at Vandenberg Space Force Base is planning to return Native American human remains and related items to the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians. This action follows important laws protecting Native American heritage and respects the tribe’s cultural rights. The process will happen soon and shows the government’s commitment to doing the right thing.
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Repatriation to Santa Ynez Chumash
The Department of the Air Force intends to return Native American human remains and associated funerary objects removed from Federal land to the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation, California under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). This action documents the planned disposition of those remains and items to the tribe.
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