FAQs About KU's Repatriation

NAGPRA requires agencies and institutions that receive federal funds (including museums, universities, state agencies, and local governments) to repatriate or transfer Native American ancestral remains and other cultural items to the appropriate parties by:

• Consulting with lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, and Native Hawaiian organizations on Native American human remains and cultural items;
• Protecting and planning for Native American human remains and cultural items that may be removed from Federal or tribal lands;
• Identifying and reporting all Native American human remains and cultural items in Inventories and Summaries of holdings or collections; and
• Giving notice via the Federal Register before repatriating or transferring human remains and cultural items.