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request, we are currently developing a web page and videos to spotlight UCLA’s collaborative
achievements with local tribes and the history of NAGPRA.

We maintain close relationships with members of tribes mentioned above along with Pechanga, San Luis
Rey, Juaneno/Acjachemen, Los Coyotes, Rincon, and they are regularly involved in consultation and
lecturing for the campus in a wide variety of classes, programs, and events as well as sitting on campus
committees. Laura Miranda (Pechanga) and Cindi Alvitre (Tongva) are members of UCLA’s NAGPRA
Coordinating Committee. Likewise, faculty, staff, and students work regularly with local tribes on
education, governance, and cultural programs. Good working relationships with tribal communities are
essential to UCLA.

Staffing and Costs

UCLA has a very small amount of staff to oversee NAGPRA compliance. The Vice Chancellor of
Research provides a small stipend to their NAGPRA faculty designee. Law Professor Angela Riley has
been the faculty advisor since 2010. The Fowler Museum Curator of Archaeology is in charge of
compliance and responding to NAGPRA requests at 50% or less time per year. Dr. Wendy Giddens
Teeter has been in this position since 1997.

To assist with these duties, Dr. Teeter requests annual budgetary funding to pay for part-time staff and
student help, travel to meetings, and consultation. The budget requests have varied from year to year, but
are generally an average of $61,000.

Requests for access and use

During 2018 alone, six requests were granted for the access of human remains, including federal agencies,
tribes, and researchers. None of the requests involved permission for destructive analysis. Agencies, CRM
companies and tribes are generally looking to see the scope of collections at UCLA related to a
development project or for their compliance with NAGPRA. Three students requested access for
osteology skill building this year (always denied) and four others for graduate level research (thesis or
dissertation). We do not allow NAGPRA human remains to be used in teaching.

UCLA does not allow use or destructive analysis of NAGPRA eligible human remains or objects without
permission from the affiliated tribes (state and/or federally recognized). UCLA has no decision making
authority over collections or human remains under federal or state control. Agencies such as the US Navy,
have granted permission to students for destructive analysis in the last ten years. In general we require
students to provide a detailed proposal, letter of recommendation from their faculty advisor, as well as
any necessary tribal or agency permission before use in research is granted.