Berkeley Plans Return of Sacred Native American Artifacts
Published Date: 4/30/2025
Notice
Summary
The University of California, Berkeley is planning to return important cultural items to Native American tribes and Native Hawaiian groups. These items include sacred objects and unassociated funerary objects connected to their heritage. This repatriation honors cultural traditions and follows legal guidelines, with no direct cost impact mentioned.
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Repatriation of Tribal and Hawaiian Items
The University of California, Berkeley intends to return cultural items that are sacred objects, unassociated funerary objects, and objects of cultural patrimony to Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The notice says this repatriation honors cultural traditions and follows legal guidelines and does not mention any direct cost impact.
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