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The Univ. of Washington has made available for return 100% of the 284 Native American remains that it reported to the federal government.
Where Native American remains reported by the Univ. of Washington were taken from
Timeline of Native American remains made available for return to tribes by the Univ. of Washington
How the Univ. of Washington compares to other institutions
The Univ. of Washington made Native American remains available for return to 63 tribes.
| Tribe | Remains Made Available for Return To |
|---|---|
| Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation | 128 |
| Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation | 122 |
| Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation | 118 |
| Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon | 116 |
| Wanapum Band | 111 |
| Lummi Tribe of the Lummi Reservation | 99 |
| Samish Indian Nation | 99 |
| Nez Perce Tribe | 91 |
| Tulalip Tribes of Washington | 88 |
| Suquamish Indian Tribe of the Port Madison Reservation, Washington | 87 |
| Swinomish Indian Tribal Community | 85 |
| Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians of Washington | 79 |
| Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup Reservation | 70 |
| Upper Skagit Indian Tribe | 70 |
| Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation | 67 |
| Muckleshoot Indian Tribe | 55 |
| Snoqualmie Indian Tribe | 47 |
| Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe | 40 |
| Lower Elwha Tribal Community | 40 |
| Nooksack Indian Tribe | 40 |
| Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe | 40 |
| Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe | 40 |
| Skokomish Indian Tribe | 39 |
| Squaxin Island Tribe of the Squaxin Island Reservation | 38 |
| Nisqually Indian Tribe | 37 |
| Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe of the Shoalwater Bay Indian Reservation | 37 |
| Spokane Tribe of the Spokane Reservation | 37 |
| Cowlitz Indian Tribe | 36 |
| Hoh Indian Tribe | 36 |
| Kalispel Indian Community of the Kalispel Reservation | 36 |
| Makah Indian Tribe of the Makah Indian Reservation | 36 |
| Quileute Tribe of the Quileute Reservation | 36 |
| Quinault Indian Nation | 36 |
| Coeur D'Alene Tribe | 35 |
| Catawba Indian Nation | 7 |
| Cherokee Nation | 7 |
| Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians | 7 |
| United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma | 7 |
| Klamath Tribes | 5 |
| Sitka Tribe of Alaska | 5 |
| Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma | 3 |
| Ponca Tribe of Nebraska | 3 |
| Chugach Alaska Corporation | 2 |
| Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon | 2 |
| Point Hope, Native Village of | 2 |
| Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska | 2 |
| Agdaagux Tribe of King Cove | 1 |
| Akutan, Native Village of | 1 |
| Atka, Native Village of | 1 |
| Barrow Inupiat Traditional Government, Native Village of | 1 |
| Belkofski, Native Village of | 1 |
| Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon | 1 |
| False Pass, Native Village of | 1 |
| Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope | 1 |
| Nelson Lagoon, Native Village of | 1 |
| Nikolski, Native Village of | 1 |
| Nome Eskimo Community | 1 |
| Pauloff Harbor Village | 1 |
| Petersburg Indian Association | 1 |
| Pribilof Islands Aleut Communities of St. Paul and St. George Islands | 1 |
| Qagan Tayagungin Tribe of Sand Point Village | 1 |
| Unga, Native Village of | 1 |
| Wrangell Cooperative Association | 1 |
The Univ. of Washington reported Native American remains from two sub-institutions.
| Sub-institution | Remains Not Made Available for Return | Remains Made Available for Return | % of Remains Made Available for Return |
|---|---|---|---|
| Univ. of Washington, Burke Museum | 0 | 250 | 100% |
| Univ. of Washington, Dept. of Anthropology | 0 | 34 | 100% |
The Univ. of Washington reported making 100% of more than 9,400 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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If you have questions about implementing or complying with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, get in touch with National NAGPRA or the NAGPRA Community of Practice.
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