Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act

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The ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï cares for Native American cultural items (belongings) and human remains (ancestors) acquired through purchase, donation, or removal from archaeological sites for research purposes by ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï administrators, faculty, or staff. Most of the belongings and ancestors in ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï’s care were acquired before 1983 but in a few instances they came to ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï more recently after a long period of care elsewhere.

ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï complies with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) by filing summaries of belongings and inventories of ancestors with National NAGPRA and consulting with Native American Tribes to work towards repatriation under the guidelines provided by current federal regulations. Our goal is to engage in ethical consultations and to repatriate all belongings and ancestors subject to NAGPRA criteria.

Out of respect for the consultation process, ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï does not generally publicize our NAGPRA work. Public notices of inventory completion or intended repatriation are linked below. Each notice was followed by repatriation and in some cases reburial by consulting tribes.

2026-14183

2026-09411

2023-15102

2023-03236

Inquiries regarding ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï’s NAGPRA work, including requests for consultation, should be addressed to:

NAGPRA@unco.edu

NAGPRA

Anthropology Department

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CB 90

501 20th Street

Greeley, CO 80639