University of California, Los Angeles, Fowler Museum of Cultural History
The Univ. of California, Los Angeles reported still having the remains of at least two Native Americans.
The institution has made available for return almost 100% of the more than 2,000 Native American remains that it reported to the federal government.
Where Native American remains reported by the Univ. of California, Los Angeles were taken from
Timeline of Native American remains made available for return to tribes by the Univ. of California, Los Angeles
How the Univ. of California, Los Angeles compares to other institutions
The Univ. of California, Los Angeles made Native American remains available for return to 87 tribes.
| Tribe | Remains Made Available for Return To |
|---|---|
| Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation, California | 1,855 |
| Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation | 67 |
| Pechanga Band of Indians | 58 |
| Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico | 51 |
| Hopi Tribe of Arizona | 49 |
| Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah | 49 |
| Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians of California | 14 |
| Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California | 14 |
| Table Mountain Rancheria | 14 |
| Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River Reservation, California | 14 |
| Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians of the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation, California | 11 |
| Morongo Band of Mission Indians, California | 10 |
| Augustine Band of Cahuilla Indians, California | 9 |
| Cabazon Band of Cahuilla Indians | 9 |
| Cahuilla Band of Indians | 9 |
| Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupeno Indians, California | 9 |
| Ramona Band of Cahuilla, California | 9 |
| Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians, California | 9 |
| Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians, California | 9 |
| Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawai'i Nei | 7 |
| Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians, California | 6 |
| La Jolla Band of Luiseno Indians, California | 5 |
| Pala Band of Mission Indians | 5 |
| Pauma Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pauma and Yuima Reservation, California | 5 |
| Rincon Band of Luiseno Indians | 5 |
| Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone Tribe | 4 |
| Timbisha Shoshone Tribe | 4 |
| Berry Creek Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California | 3 |
| Campo Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Campo Indian Reservation, California | 3 |
| Capitan Grande Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of California | 3 |
| Enterprise Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California | 3 |
| Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay Indians, California | 3 |
| Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel, California | 3 |
| Inaja Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Inaja and Cosmit Reservation, California | 3 |
| Jamul Indian Village of California | 3 |
| La Posta Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the La Posta Indian Reservation, California | 3 |
| Manzanita Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Manzanita Reservation, California | 3 |
| Mechoopda Indian Tribe of Chico Rancheria, California | 3 |
| Mesa Grande Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Mesa Grande Reservation, California | 3 |
| Mooretown Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California | 3 |
| Round Valley Indian Tribes of the Round Valley Reservation, California | 3 |
| San Pasqual Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of California | 3 |
| Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation | 3 |
| Wukchumni Tribe of Yokut Indians | 3 |
| Yowlumne Tejon Indians | 3 |
| Ak-Chin Indian Community | 1 |
| Bear River Band of the Rohnerville Rancheria, California | 1 |
| Big Pine Paiute Tribe of the Owens Valley | 1 |
| Bishop Paiute Tribe | 1 |
| Blue Lake Rancheria, California | 1 |
| Bridgeport Indian Colony | 1 |
| Burns Paiute Tribe | 1 |
| Cedarville Rancheria, California | 1 |
| Chemehuevi Indian Tribe of the Chemehuevi Reservation, California | 1 |
| Coleville Onadika (Salt Eaters) in Antelope Valley | 1 |
| Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation, Nevada and Utah | 1 |
| Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon | 1 |
| Duckwater Shoshone Tribe of the Duckwater Reservation, Nevada | 1 |
| Eastern Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming | 1 |
| Ely Shoshone Tribe of Nevada | 1 |
| Fort Bidwell Indian Community of the Fort Bidwell Reservation of California | 1 |
| Fort Independence Indian Community of Paiute Indians of the Fort Independence Reservation, California | 1 |
| Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribes of the Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation, Nevada and Oregon | 1 |
| Gila River Indian Community of the Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona | 1 |
| Las Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians of the Las Vegas Indian Colony, Nevada | 1 |
| Lovelock Paiute Tribe of the Lovelock Indian Colony, Nevada | 1 |
| Moapa Band of Paiute Indians of the Moapa River Indian Reservation, Nevada | 1 |
| Mono Lake Kutzadika Indian Community | 1 |
| Paiute-Shoshone Tribe of the Fallon Reservation and Colony, Nevada | 1 |
| Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of the Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada | 1 |
| Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, Nevada | 1 |
| Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt River Reservation, Arizona | 1 |
| Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation | 1 |
| Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation, Nevada | 1 |
| Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians of Utah | 1 |
| Summit Lake Paiute Tribe of Nevada | 1 |
| Susanville Indian Rancheria, California | 1 |
| Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada | 1 |
| Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona | 1 |
| Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians of California | 1 |
| Utu Utu Gwaitu Paiute Tribe of the Benton Paiute Reservation, California | 1 |
| Walker River Paiute Tribe of the Walker River Reservation, Nevada | 1 |
| Washoe Tribe of Nevada & California | 1 |
| Winnemucca Indian Colony of Nevada | 1 |
| Wiyot Tribe, California | 1 |
| Yerington Paiute Tribe of the Yerington Colony and Campbell Ranch, Nevada | 1 |
| Yomba Shoshone Tribe of the Yomba Reservation, Nevada | 1 |
The Univ. of California, Los Angeles reported making 100% of more than 51,700 associated funerary objects available for return to tribes.
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This tool presents a dataset maintained by the National Park Service containing all the Native American human remains and associated funerary objects that institutions have reported to the federal government under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. The dataset includes information about the state and county where remains and objects were taken from, which institutions hold them and whether they have been made available for return to tribes.
The data is self-reported by institutions. The amount of unrepatriated Native American remains reported by institutions is a minimum estimate of individuals and institutions frequently adjust these numbers when they reinventory groups of remains. Some institutions that are subject to NAGPRA have also entirely failed to report the remains in their possession. As a result, the numbers provided are best taken as estimates. The actual number and geographic scope of what’s held by publicly funded institutions is larger than what is presently documented.
ProPublica supplemented this dataset with information about cultural affiliation and disposition to specific tribes by systematically parsing the text of Notices of Inventory Completion published in the Federal Register. An additional dataset from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Tribal Directory Assessment Tool, was used for the section on remains not made available for return from counties that each tribe has indicated interest in to the federal government.
Institution location and tribal headquarters location information was provided by National NAGPRA. The location of some groups that are not federally recognized was provided through research by ProPublica.
Institutions that are part of a larger entity are grouped. (For example, the Mesa Verde National Park is part of the U.S. Department of the Interior.)
Institutions that have not submitted information to the federal government are not listed. The Smithsonian Institution is not listed because its repatriation process falls under the National Museum of the American Indian Act and it is not required to publicly report its holdings with the same detail as institutions subject to NAGPRA.
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We use the word “tribes” to refer to all groups that institutions made Native American remains available to under NAGPRA. This includes tribes, nations, bands, pueblos, communities, Native Alaskan villages, Native Hawaiian organizations and non-federally recognized groups.
Data sources from Department of the Interior, National Park Service, National NAGPRA Program, the Federal Register, Department of Housing and Development, Tribal Directory Assessment Tool