Background

Native American Graves Protection And Repatriation Act (NAGPRA)

• Is a federal law enacted in 1990
• Applies to federal agencies or universities and museums that receive federal funds
• Provides a process to transfer human remains and certain Native American cultural items from collections back to Tribal communities
• Applies to ancestral human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony
• Requires Tribal consultation
• Is limited to federally-recognized Tribes only

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California NAGPRA (CalNAGPRA)

• State law enacted in 2001 and amended in 2018 and 2020
• Facilitates the implementation of federal NAGPRA
• Provides a process for repatriation to California Indian Tribes, regardless of their federal recognition status
• Recognizes that tribal traditional knowledge is valid, authoritative evidence

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