University of California-Santa Barbara Prepares to Return Native American Artifacts to Tejon Indian Tribe
August 24, 2025
August 24, 2025
WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 (TNSFR) -- The University of California Santa Barbara campus is preparing to return six cultural items to the Tejon Indian Tribe. This action follows the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA).
The items, which meet the definition of objects of cultural patrimony, are five stone tools and a clam shell disc bead. The university's Repository for Archaeological and Ethnographic Collections has determined these artifacts have a historica . . .
The items, which meet the definition of objects of cultural patrimony, are five stone tools and a clam shell disc bead. The university's Repository for Archaeological and Ethnographic Collections has determined these artifacts have a historica . . .