Calif. DOT District 7 to Repatriate Ancestral Remains to Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians
December 23, 2025
December 23, 2025
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (TNSFR) -- The California Department of Transportation, District 7, Los Angeles, has completed an inventory of Native American human remains and determined cultural affiliation with the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation in California. The action is being taken under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act and involves the remains of at least two Native American individuals removed during a transportation construction p . . .