California
Institutions reported making 70% of the more than 25,100 Native American remains taken from California available for return to tribes under NAGPRA.
There are 81 institutions located in California that reported Native American remains taken from across the country.
| Institution | Remains Not Made Available for Return | Remains Made Available for Return | % of Remains Made Available for Return |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of California, Berkeley | 4,959 | 7,086 | 59% |
| San Jose State University, Department of Anthropology | 429 | 2 | 0% |
| California Department of Parks and Recreation | 359 | 857 | 70% |
| San Francisco State University | 359 | 253 | 41% |
| Los Angeles County Natural History Museum | 343 | 176 | 34% |
| Sonoma State University | 267 | 315 | 54% |
| University of California, Davis | 172 | 246 | 59% |
| California State University, Long Beach | 140 | 275 | 66% |
| California State University, Chico, Department of Anthropology | 126 | 541 | 81% |
| Autry Museum of the American West | 124 | 43 | 26% |
| U.S. Department of Agriculture | 108 | 92 | 46% |
| Los Angeles County | 103 | 0 | 0% |
| California Department of Transportation | 88 | 827 | 90% |
| Filoli Center | 85 | 0 | 0% |
| San Diego State University | 76 | 37 | 33% |
| Bowers Museum | 70 | 1 | 1% |
| California State University, East Bay | 66 | 0 | 0% |
| Museum of Us | 56 | 494 | 90% |
| U.S. Department of Defense | 51 | 86 | 63% |
| California State University, Sacramento, Department of Anthropology | 50 | 834 | 94% |
| San Bernardino County Museum | 46 | 29 | 39% |
| California State University, Northridge, Center for Public Archaeology | 38 | 0 | 0% |
| Stanford University Heritage Services | 36 | 12 | 25% |
| Foothill-De Anza Community College District | 35 | 0 | 0% |
| Oakland Museum of California | 28 | 2 | 7% |
| Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History | 24 | 0 | 0% |
| University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Anthropology | 24 | 417 | 95% |
| California State University, Bakersfield | 19 | 14 | 42% |
| East Bay Municipal Utility District | 19 | 0 | 0% |
| University of California, Riverside | 15 | 12 | 44% |
| Antelope Valley College | 13 | 0 | 0% |
| The Discovery Museum - Science and Space Center | 11 | 0 | 0% |
| San Diego Mesa College | 10 | 0 | 0% |
| Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, M.H. de Young Memorial Museum | 9 | 0 | 0% |
| U.S. Department of the Interior | 9 | 190 | 95% |
| California State University, Monterey Bay | 7 | 0 | 0% |
| San Mateo County Community College District | 7 | 0 | 0% |
| California State University, Dominguez Hills, Department of Anthropology | 6 | 0 | 0% |
| California State University, Fullerton, Department of Anthropology | 6 | 18 | 75% |
| California State University, Stanislaus, Anthropology Program | 6 | 0 | 0% |
| Eastern California Museum | 5 | 2 | 29% |
| Richmond Museum of History | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| Triton Museum of Art | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| West Valley College | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| Columbia College, Yosemite Community College District | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Los Rios Community College District | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Museum of Riverside | 3 | 39 | 93% |
| Santa Clara University, de Saisset Museum | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| California State University, Fresno, Department of Anthropology | 2 | 160 | 99% |
| City of Oakland Rotary Nature Center | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Diablo Valley College | 2 | 16 | 89% |
| Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History | 2 | 1,049 | 100% |
| University of California, Los Angeles, Fowler Museum of Cultural History | 2 | 2,066 | 100% |
| City of Santa Clara, Headen-Inman House | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Crocker Art Museum | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology | 1 | 8 | 89% |
| University of the Pacific | 1 | 32 | 97% |
| California Academy of Sciences | 0 | 1 | 100% |
| California State University, Los Angeles | 0 | 6 | 100% |
| Catalina Island Museum Society, Inc. | 0 | 369 | 100% |
| Clarke Memorial Museum | 0 | 1 | 100% |
| Coachella Valley History Museum | 0 | 5 | 100% |
| Cosumnes River College | 0 | 2 | 100% |
| Dana Adobe Nipomo Amigos | 0 | 1 | 100% |
| Lindsay Wildlife Museum | 0 | 4 | 100% |
| Los Angeles Pierce College | 0 | 18 | 100% |
| Museum of the American Indian | 0 | 15 | 100% |
| Ojai Valley Historical Society and Museum | 0 | 180 | 100% |
| Pomona College, Montgomery Gallery | 0 | 5 | 100% |
| San Bernardino County Sherriff-Coroner | 0 | 2 | 100% |
| San Diego Archaeological Center | 0 | 14 | 100% |
| San Luis Obispo County Archaeological Society | 0 | 2 | 100% |
| Sierra Mono Museum | 0 | 1 | 100% |
| Southwestern College | 0 | 2 | 100% |
| State Center Community College District - Fresno City College | 0 | 22 | 100% |
| State Center Community College District - Reedly College | 0 | 18 | 100% |
| U.S. Department of Justice | 0 | 1 | 100% |
| University of California, San Diego | 0 | 486 | 100% |
| University of California, Santa Cruz | 0 | 29 | 100% |
| University of San Diego | 0 | 3 | 100% |
There are 131 institutions that reported Native American remains taken from California.
| Institution | Remains Not Made Available for Return | Remains Made Available for Return | % of Remains Made Available for Return |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of California, Berkeley | 4,508 | 7,017 | 61% |
| San Jose State University, Department of Anthropology | 429 | 2 | 0% |
| San Francisco State University | 343 | 253 | 42% |
| California Department of Parks and Recreation | 305 | 853 | 74% |
| Sonoma State University | 267 | 315 | 54% |
| Los Angeles County Natural History Museum | 157 | 141 | 47% |
| University of California, Davis | 153 | 245 | 62% |
| U.S. Department of Agriculture | 108 | 92 | 46% |
| Los Angeles County | 103 | 0 | 0% |
| Harvard University | 95 | 205 | 68% |
| California State University, Chico, Department of Anthropology | 91 | 541 | 86% |
| New York University, College of Dentistry | 90 | 96 | 52% |
| California Department of Transportation | 88 | 827 | 90% |
| Filoli Center | 85 | 0 | 0% |
| U.S. Department of Defense | 83 | 635 | 88% |
| California State University, East Bay | 66 | 0 | 0% |
| Autry Museum of the American West | 64 | 38 | 37% |
| California State University, Sacramento, Department of Anthropology | 50 | 834 | 94% |
| American Museum of Natural History | 43 | 6 | 12% |
| Foothill-De Anza Community College District | 35 | 0 | 0% |
| California State University, Northridge, Center for Public Archaeology | 31 | 0 | 0% |
| Museum of Us | 27 | 278 | 91% |
| Oakland Museum of California | 25 | 1 | 4% |
| University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Anthropology | 20 | 417 | 95% |
| East Bay Municipal Utility District | 19 | 0 | 0% |
| California State University, Bakersfield | 18 | 14 | 44% |
| Bowers Museum | 17 | 1 | 6% |
| University of Indianapolis, Archeology and Forensics Lab | 15 | 0 | 0% |
| Antelope Valley College | 13 | 0 | 0% |
| San Bernardino County Museum | 12 | 29 | 71% |
| University of California, Riverside | 11 | 11 | 50% |
| Field Museum | 10 | 20 | 67% |
| Rochester Museum and Science Center | 10 | 0 | 0% |
| Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, M.H. de Young Memorial Museum | 9 | 0 | 0% |
| U.S. Department of the Interior | 9 | 191 | 96% |
| University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology | 8 | 5 | 38% |
| California State University, Monterey Bay | 7 | 0 | 0% |
| San Mateo County Community College District | 7 | 0 | 0% |
| California State University, Fullerton, Department of Anthropology | 6 | 2 | 25% |
| Illinois State Museum | 5 | 2 | 29% |
| Triton Museum of Art | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| Eastern California Museum | 4 | 2 | 33% |
| Hastings Museum | 4 | 1 | 20% |
| Missouri Historical Society | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| Stanford University Heritage Services | 4 | 12 | 75% |
| The Discovery Museum - Science and Space Center | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| Wayne State University | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| West Valley College | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| California State University, Dominguez Hills, Department of Anthropology | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Charleston Museum | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Columbia College, Yosemite Community College District | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Dartmouth College, Hood Museum of Art | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Los Rios Community College District | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Nevada State Museum | 3 | 1 | 25% |
| Santa Clara University, de Saisset Museum | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| California State University, Fresno, Department of Anthropology | 2 | 160 | 99% |
| Carnegie Museum of Natural History | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Diablo Valley College | 2 | 16 | 89% |
| Grand Rapids Public Museum | 2 | 3 | 60% |
| Indiana University | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Peabody Essex Museum | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology, Phillips Academy | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Speed Art Museum | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| University of Akron | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| University of Tennessee, Knoxville | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| University of Texas at San Antonio, Center for Archaeological Research | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Yale University, Peabody Museum of Natural History | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| City of Santa Clara, Headen-Inman House | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Cleveland Museum of Natural History | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Discovery Place | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Earlham College | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Lackawanna Historical Society | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Minnesota Indian Affairs Council | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Natural History Museum of Utah | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History | 1 | 1,035 | 100% |
| St. Joseph Museums, Inc. | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| University of Arizona, Arizona State Museum | 1 | 2 | 67% |
| University of California, Los Angeles, Fowler Museum of Cultural History | 1 | 2,008 | 100% |
| University of Michigan Museum of Anthropology | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| University of New Mexico, Maxwell Museum of Anthropology | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History | 1 | 107 | 99% |
| University of Texas, El Paso, Centennial Museum | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Beloit College, Logan Museum of Anthropology | 0 | 8 | 100% |
| Bernice P. Bishop Museum | 0 | 1 | 100% |
| California State University, Long Beach | 0 | 275 | 100% |
| California State University, Los Angeles | 0 | 4 | 100% |
| Catalina Island Museum Society, Inc. | 0 | 369 | 100% |
| Clarke Memorial Museum | 0 | 1 | 100% |
| Coachella Valley History Museum | 0 | 5 | 100% |
| Colorado State University | 0 | 1 | 100% |
| Cosumnes River College | 0 | 2 | 100% |
| Dana Adobe Nipomo Amigos | 0 | 1 | 100% |
| Denver Museum of Nature and Science | 0 | 8 | 100% |
| Fort Collins Museum of Discovery | 0 | 1 | 100% |
| History Colorado | 0 | 1 | 100% |
| Klamath County Museum | 0 | 3 | 100% |
| Lindsay Wildlife Museum | 0 | 4 | 100% |
| Los Angeles Pierce College | 0 | 18 | 100% |
| Michigan State University | 0 | 1 | 100% |
| Milwaukee Public Museum | 0 | 1 | 100% |
| Museum of Riverside | 0 | 35 | 100% |
| Museum of Science Boston | 0 | 1 | 100% |
| Museum of the American Indian | 0 | 15 | 100% |
| Mutter Museum, College of Physicians of Philadelphia | 0 | 1 | 100% |
| Ojai Valley Historical Society and Museum | 0 | 180 | 100% |
| Oregon State University | 0 | 2 | 100% |
| Palmer Foundation for Chiropractic History | 0 | 2 | 100% |
| Pennsylvania State University, Matson Museum of Anthropology | 0 | 18 | 100% |
| Pittsburg State University | 0 | 19 | 100% |
| Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology | 0 | 7 | 100% |
| San Diego Archaeological Center | 0 | 14 | 100% |
| San Diego State University | 0 | 35 | 100% |
| San Luis Obispo County Archaeological Society | 0 | 2 | 100% |
| Southwestern College | 0 | 2 | 100% |
| Springfield Science Museum | 0 | 1 | 100% |
| State Center Community College District - Fresno City College | 0 | 22 | 100% |
| State Center Community College District - Reedly College | 0 | 18 | 100% |
| Texas A and M University | 0 | 1 | 100% |
| University of California, San Diego | 0 | 8 | 100% |
| University of California, Santa Cruz | 0 | 29 | 100% |
| University of Colorado Museum | 0 | 1 | 100% |
| University of Denver, Museum of Anthropology | 0 | 2 | 100% |
| University of Iowa, Office of the State Archaeologist | 0 | 6 | 100% |
| University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Department of Anthropology | 0 | 2 | 100% |
| University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Department of Anthropology | 0 | 5 | 100% |
| University of Puget Sound, Puget Sound Museum of Natural History | 0 | 2 | 100% |
| University of South Florida | 0 | 1 | 100% |
| University of the Pacific | 0 | 32 | 100% |
Institutions made Native American remains taken from California available for return to 165 tribes.
Institutions often make remains available for return to multiple tribes, so the amount of remains listed below may be counted for more than one tribe.
| Tribe | Remains Made Available for Return to Tribe |
|---|---|
| Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation, California | 6,811 |
| Ione Band of Miwok Indians of California | 6,388 |
| Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract), California | 6,337 |
| Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California | 6,295 |
| Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California | 6,176 |
| Jackson Band of Miwuk Indians | 6,176 |
| Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria of California | 6,024 |
| Wilton Rancheria, California | 5,962 |
| Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California | 5,898 |
| Table Mountain Rancheria | 5,805 |
| Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians of California | 5,801 |
| Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River Reservation, California | 5,704 |
| California Valley Miwok Tribe, California | 5,619 |
| Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California | 4,695 |
| Guidiville Rancheria of California | 4,454 |
| United Auburn Indian Community of the Auburn Rancheria of California | 1,640 |
| Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, California | 974 |
| Pechanga Band of Indians | 828 |
| Rincon Band of Luiseno Indians | 728 |
| Pauma Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pauma and Yuima Reservation, California | 726 |
| Mechoopda Indian Tribe of Chico Rancheria, California | 685 |
| Round Valley Indian Tribes of the Round Valley Reservation, California | 516 |
| San Pasqual Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of California | 470 |
| Campo Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Campo Indian Reservation, California | 458 |
| Jamul Indian Village of California | 457 |
| Capitan Grande Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of California | 456 |
| Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay Indians, California | 456 |
| Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel, California | 456 |
| Inaja Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Inaja and Cosmit Reservation, California | 456 |
| La Posta Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the La Posta Indian Reservation, California | 456 |
| Manzanita Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Manzanita Reservation, California | 456 |
| Mesa Grande Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Mesa Grande Reservation, California | 456 |
| Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation | 456 |
| Mooretown Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California | 396 |
| Berry Creek Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California | 394 |
| Enterprise Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California | 393 |
| El Dorado Miwok Rancheria | 371 |
| Kletsel Dehe Wintun of the Cortina Rancheria | 335 |
| Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, California | 334 |
| Nashville-El Dorado Miwok | 320 |
| Cachil DeHe Band of Wintun Indians of the Colusa Indian Community of the Colusa Rancheria, California | 318 |
| Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians of California | 279 |
| Northfork Rancheria of Mono Indians of California | 198 |
| Cold Springs Rancheria of Mono Indians of California | 196 |
| Big Sandy Rancheria of Western Mono Indians of California | 193 |
| Redding Rancheria, California | 193 |
| Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of the Trinidad Rancheria, California | 190 |
| Klamath Tribes | 189 |
| Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians of California | 189 |
| Elem Indian Colony of Pomo Indians of the Sulphur Bank Rancheria, California | 187 |
| Pala Band of Mission Indians | 182 |
| Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians, California | 180 |
| La Jolla Band of Luiseno Indians, California | 179 |
| Grindstone Indian Rancheria of Wintun-Wailaki Indians of California | 170 |
| Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation | 148 |
| Modoc Nation | 128 |
| Pit River Tribe, California | 118 |
| Wiyot Tribe, California | 114 |
| Morongo Band of Mission Indians, California | 92 |
| Bear River Band of the Rohnerville Rancheria, California | 77 |
| Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians, California | 75 |
| Blue Lake Rancheria, California | 73 |
| Washoe Tribe of Nevada & California | 64 |
| Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians, California | 62 |
| Susanville Indian Rancheria, California | 62 |
| Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians of the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation, California | 61 |
| Cabazon Band of Cahuilla Indians | 60 |
| Cahuilla Band of Indians | 57 |
| Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupeno Indians, California | 57 |
| Ramona Band of Cahuilla, California | 57 |
| Greenville Rancheria | 55 |
| Timbisha Shoshone Tribe | 54 |
| Augustine Band of Cahuilla Indians, California | 44 |
| Tejon Indian Tribe | 42 |
| Alturas Indian Rancheria, California | 39 |
| Yurok Tribe of the Yurok Reservation, California | 36 |
| Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribes of the Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation, Nevada and Oregon | 30 |
| Amah Mutsun Tribal Band | 29 |
| Paiute-Shoshone Tribe of the Fallon Reservation and Colony, Nevada | 29 |
| Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of the Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada | 29 |
| Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, Nevada | 29 |
| Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon | 28 |
| Walker River Paiute Tribe of the Walker River Reservation, Nevada | 28 |
| Yerington Paiute Tribe of the Yerington Colony and Campbell Ranch, Nevada | 28 |
| Quartz Valley Indian Community of the Quartz Valley Reservation of California | 27 |
| Fernandeno Tataviam Band of Mission Indians | 26 |
| Quechan Tribe of the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation, California and Arizona | 26 |
| Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon | 24 |
| Resighini Rancheria, California | 22 |
| White Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation, Arizona | 21 |
| Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians of California | 20 |
| Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town, Oklahoma | 19 |
| Apache Tribe of Oklahoma | 19 |
| Big Lagoon Rancheria, California | 19 |
| Caddo Nation of Oklahoma | 19 |
| Cherokee Nation | 19 |
| Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma | 19 |
| Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma | 19 |
| Mescalero Apache Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico | 19 |
| Muscogee (Creek) Nation | 19 |
| Osage Nation | 19 |
| Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco and Tawakonie), Oklahoma | 19 |
| Pinoleville Pomo Nation, California | 17 |
| Cloverdale Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California | 16 |
| Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians of California | 16 |
| Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians, California | 16 |
| Hopland Band of Pomo Indians, California | 16 |
| Kashia Band of Pomo Indians of the Stewarts Point Rancheria, California | 16 |
| Koi Nation of Northern California | 16 |
| Lytton Rancheria of California | 16 |
| Manchester Band of Pomo Indians of the Manchester Rancheria, California | 16 |
| Muwekma Ohlone Tribe | 16 |
| Potter Valley Tribe, California | 16 |
| Redwood Valley or Little River Band of the Redwood Valley Rancheria California | 16 |
| Robinson Rancheria | 16 |
| Bishop Paiute Tribe | 15 |
| Chemehuevi Indian Tribe of the Chemehuevi Reservation, California | 15 |
| Bridgeport Indian Colony | 14 |
| Colorado River Indian Tribes of the Colorado River Indian Reservation, Arizona and California | 14 |
| Fort Independence Indian Community of Paiute Indians of the Fort Independence Reservation, California | 14 |
| Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone Tribe | 14 |
| Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians of the Big Valley Rancheria, California | 13 |
| Sherwood Valley Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California | 12 |
| Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake, California | 11 |
| Utu Utu Gwaitu Paiute Tribe of the Benton Paiute Reservation, California | 11 |
| Wukchumni Tribe of Yokut Indians | 9 |
| Yowlumne Tejon Indians | 9 |
| Cahto Tribe of the Laytonville Rancheria | 8 |
| Cedarville Rancheria, California | 8 |
| Fort Bidwell Indian Community of the Fort Bidwell Reservation of California | 8 |
| Lineal Descendant | 8 |
| San Fernando Band of Mission Indians | 8 |
| Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada | 8 |
| Big Pine Paiute Tribe of the Owens Valley | 7 |
| Hoopa Valley Tribe, California | 6 |
| Las Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians of the Las Vegas Indian Colony, Nevada | 6 |
| Moapa Band of Paiute Indians of the Moapa River Indian Reservation, Nevada | 6 |
| Tinoqui-Chalola Council of Kitanemuk | 6 |
| Burns Paiute Tribe | 5 |
| Eastern Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming | 5 |
| Fort Mojave Indian Tribe of Arizona, California and Nevada | 5 |
| Karuk Tribe | 5 |
| Lovelock Paiute Tribe of the Lovelock Indian Colony, Nevada | 5 |
| Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah | 5 |
| Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation | 5 |
| Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma | 4 |
| Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon | 4 |
| Elk Valley Rancheria, California | 4 |
| Ely Shoshone Tribe of Nevada | 4 |
| Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, Arizona | 4 |
| Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians of the Kaibab Indian Reservation, Arizona | 4 |
| Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation, Nevada | 4 |
| Summit Lake Paiute Tribe of Nevada | 4 |
| Yomba Shoshone Tribe of the Yomba Reservation, Nevada | 4 |
| Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation, Nevada and Utah | 3 |
| Duckwater Shoshone Tribe of the Duckwater Reservation, Nevada | 3 |
| Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians of Utah | 3 |
| Coleville Onadika (Salt Eaters) in Antelope Valley | 1 |
| Comanche Nation, Oklahoma | 1 |
| Mono Lake Kutzadika Indian Community | 1 |
| San Luis Rey Band of Mission Indians | 1 |
| Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation | 1 |
| Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona | 1 |
| Tubatulabals of Kern Valley | 1 |
| Winnemucca Indian Colony of Nevada | 1 |
Institutions reported Native American remains taken from 55 counties in California.
| County | Remains Taken From County Not Made Available for Return | Remains Made Available for Return | % of Remains Made Available for Return |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sacramento County | 1,664 | 873 | 34% |
| San Joaquin County | 943 | 841 | 47% |
| Alameda County | 598 | 2,142 | 78% |
| Kern County | 444 | 228 | 34% |
| Los Angeles County | 419 | 2,524 | 86% |
| Contra Costa County | 407 | 1,910 | 82% |
| Solano County | 334 | 112 | 25% |
| Yolo County | 293 | 49 | 14% |
| Santa Barbara County | 195 | 3,197 | 94% |
| Santa Clara County | 162 | 225 | 58% |
| San Mateo County | 153 | 119 | 44% |
| Calaveras County | 137 | 92 | 40% |
| Tehama County | 125 | 182 | 59% |
| Napa County | 124 | 11 | 8% |
| Lassen County | 106 | 3 | 3% |
| Ventura County | 91 | 1,060 | 92% |
| Tuolumne County | 88 | 78 | 47% |
| Monterey County | 84 | 18 | 18% |
| Shasta County | 73 | 64 | 47% |
| Sonoma County | 73 | 56 | 43% |
| Fresno County | 59 | 181 | 75% |
| Siskiyou County | 57 | 154 | 73% |
| Butte County | 55 | 727 | 93% |
| Yuba County | 54 | 25 | 32% |
| Tulare County | 49 | 66 | 57% |
| Plumas County | 43 | 2 | 4% |
| Inyo County | 41 | 50 | 55% |
| Colusa County | 34 | 98 | 74% |
| Sutter County | 34 | 16 | 32% |
| San Luis Obispo County | 31 | 139 | 82% |
| Stanislaus County | 25 | 17 | 40% |
| Orange County | 24 | 53 | 69% |
| San Diego County | 24 | 439 | 95% |
| Mariposa County | 23 | 3 | 12% |
| El Dorado County | 22 | 9 | 29% |
| Humboldt County | 22 | 123 | 85% |
| Amador County | 18 | 51 | 74% |
| Riverside County | 18 | 48 | 73% |
| Marin County | 14 | 867 | 98% |
| Mendocino County | 8 | 71 | 90% |
| Santa Cruz County | 8 | 44 | 85% |
| Merced County | 7 | 27 | 79% |
| San Francisco County | 6 | 53 | 90% |
| Kings County | 5 | 63 | 93% |
| Glenn County | 4 | 31 | 89% |
| Madera County | 4 | 18 | 82% |
| San Benito County | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| Trinity County | 4 | 2 | 33% |
| Lake County | 3 | 178 | 98% |
| Placer County | 3 | 37 | 93% |
| Imperial County | 2 | 64 | 97% |
| Modoc County | 2 | 51 | 96% |
| Mono County | 2 | 4 | 67% |
| San Bernardino County | 2 | 45 | 96% |
| Del Norte County | 1 | 1 | 50% |
Search for institutions holding Native American remains and tribes seeking to reclaim them
Institutions that have not submitted information to the federal government are not listed.
More from The Repatriation Project
Get in touch
Know how an institution is handling repatriation? Have a personal story to share? We'd like to hear from you.
Learn how to report on repatriation
Watch an informational webinar with our reporters.
Sign up for the newsletter
About the Data
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.
If you work for an institution and would like to provide comment on your institution’s repatriation efforts, please email [email protected]. If you think the data is incorrect or have a data request, please get in touch. We are aware of some issues with the accuracy of location information and tribes mistakenly being identified for disposition of Native American remains in published notices.
If you want to share something else with ProPublica, we’d like to hear from you.
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