Universities complete Native American remains inventories under NAGPRA

The University of Rhode Island has completed inventories of human remains and associated funerary objects. Some notices indicate determination of cultural affiliations with Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, while another notice states that no lineal descendant or affiliated tribe or organization was identified for certain remains, reflecting variability in findings.

Similarly, the University of California, Davis has finalized its inventory of human remains, establishing cultural connections with Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian groups, as reported in the Federal Register.

The University of Missouri's Museum of Anthropology also completed an inventory and identified cultural affiliations between remains and Native groups, per the Federal Register.

California State University, Stanislaus has likewise finished its inventory, confirming cultural ties between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations.

These inventories were conducted under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), which requires institutions to identify cultural affiliations of Native American remains in their collections.

The Federal Register entries emphasize that these notices are part of ongoing compliance with federal law and provide transparency about the disposition of Native American human remains held by universities.