University of California NAGPRA/CalNAGPRA: Repatriation status
The University of California (UC) is committed to the repatriation of Native American human remains and cultural items in accordance with the federal Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), its accompanying regulations, and CalNAGPRA. The fundamental importance of facilitating the repatriation of Native American and Native Hawaiian human remains and cultural items undergirds the UC Native American Cultural Affiliation and Repatriation Policy (PDF).
This dashboard reports the repatriation status of ancestral remains and the four categories of cultural items defined by NAGPRA: associated funerary objects, unassociated funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony. Note that UC considers all Native American items to be potential cultural items under NAGPRA, and the number of objects that are “not yet repatriated” will increase as tribes identify items that belong to these four categories.