Sonoma State University Plans Return of Sacred Native Items
Published Date: 8/22/2025
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Summary
Sonoma State University is getting ready to return special cultural items to Native American tribes and Native Hawaiian groups. These items are important to their heritage and will be sent back following the law. This process helps honor and respect the cultures connected to these objects, with no cost impact mentioned.
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Repatriation of Cultural Items to Tribes
If you are a member of an Indian Tribe or a Native Hawaiian organization named in this notice, Sonoma State University intends to return certain cultural items identified as objects of cultural patrimony to your group under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The university states these items have a cultural affiliation with the tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations named in the notice.
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