University Set to Hand Back Sacred Objects to Native Groups
Published Date: 9/16/2025
Notice
Summary
Sonoma State University is planning to return important cultural items to Native American tribes and Native Hawaiian groups. These items include sacred objects and things connected to their heritage. This repatriation follows the law and helps honor the tribes’ history, with no cost impact mentioned and actions happening soon.
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Sonoma State to Repatriate Tribal Items
If you are a member of an Indian Tribe or a Native Hawaiian organization named in this notice, Sonoma State University intends to return cultural items that the university identifies as unassociated funerary objects, sacred objects, and/or objects of cultural patrimony. The return is being done in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA).
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