UC Santa Barbara to Return Sacred Item to Native Tribes
Published Date: 9/12/2025
Notice
Summary
The University of California, Santa Barbara plans to return a special cultural item linked to Native American or Native Hawaiian groups. This action follows important laws that protect Native heritage and respects tribal connections. The repatriation will happen soon, honoring the rightful communities without any cost impact to the public.
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University returns Native funerary object
The University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) Repository for Archaeological and Ethnographic Collections intends to repatriate a cultural item that meets the definition of an unassociated funerary object. The action is being taken under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) to return the item to Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and the notice states there is no cost impact to the public.
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