UC Berkeley to Hand Back Heritage Items to Tribes
Published Date: 7/30/2025
Notice
Summary
The University of California, Berkeley is planning to return important cultural items to Native American tribes and Native Hawaiian groups. This is part of a law that helps protect and respect Native heritage. The process will happen soon and shows the university’s commitment to doing the right thing without any cost to the public.
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University to Return Cultural Items
The University of California, Berkeley intends to return certain cultural items that are objects of cultural patrimony to Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The notice says these items have a cultural affiliation with the tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations named in the notice.
Repatriation at No Cost to Public
The University states the repatriation process will occur without any cost to the public. That means taxpayers are not being charged for returning these cultural items.
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