[Physics-grads-open] Annual NAGPRA Awareness Letter

[Celina Yamakawa]

Dear Physics and Astronomy Department members,

This message is a communication to raise awareness about the requirements
of the University of California Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act ( <https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/2500489/NAGPRA>NAGPRA)
Policy <https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/2500489/NAGPRA>. Under this policy, the
campus is required to conduct a systematic review to locate any previously
unreported Native American Human Remains and Cultural Items (see Section V.
E). The Policy is intended to ensure that each UC campus is in full
compliance with the California Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (CalNAGPRA) as amended on September 27, 2020 (California
Health & Safety Code (CHSC) §§ 8010-30). The amendment went into effect on
January 1, 2021 and requires that the University of California create and
maintain a comprehensive inventory of all Native American human remains and
cultural objects held by each campus. Further, CalNAGPRA requires that
summaries include all Native American ethnographic or archaeological
objects (“Native American Objects”).

Members of the department have a responsibility to report any potentially
NAGPRA/CalNAGPRA-eligible Human Remains or Cultural Items, and other Native
American ethnographic or archaeological objects (“Native American Objects”)
 that:
1) Are under UC’s Control (including any remains or cultural items UC may
have loaned to other institutions or individuals), or
2) Are on loan to the UC or any of our faculty, staff, and students.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.



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Shan-Wen Tsai
Professor and Chair, Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of California Riverside
P: 951-827-1057
C: 951-520-3281
shan-wen.tsai at ucr.edu
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