Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act

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The ¶¹°ü³ÉÈ˰æ cares for Native American cultural items (belongings) and human remains (ancestors) acquired through purchase, donation, or removal from archaeological sites for research purposes by ¶¹°ü³ÉÈ˰æ administrators, faculty, or staff. Most of the belongings and ancestors in ¶¹°ü³ÉÈ˰æ’s care were acquired before 1983 but in a few instances they came to ¶¹°ü³ÉÈ˰æ more recently after a long period of care elsewhere.

¶¹°ü³ÉÈ˰æ 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, ¶¹°ü³ÉÈ˰æ 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 ¶¹°ü³ÉÈ˰æ’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