Navy Base to Hand Back Native Hawaiian Cultural Treasures
Published Date: 3/17/2025
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The Navy at Naval Base Coronado plans to return important Native American and Native Hawaiian cultural items to their rightful families and tribes. This move follows a law that protects these sacred objects and ensures they go back to the people they belong to. The process will happen soon and respects the history and traditions of Native communities.
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Navy to Return Native Cultural Items
The U.S. Navy at Naval Base Coronado, San Clemente Island, intends to return unassociated funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The items will be given to lineal descendants, an Indian Tribe, or a Native Hawaiian organization with priority for disposition.
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