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ACADEMIC AND STUDENT -5- A3
AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
September 27, 2018

recommendations on campus policies and procedures, and to address overall NAGPRA
compliance efforts, with an emphasis on creating a proactive consultation process. This
committee includes campus representatives from a number of disciplines as well as
representation from two local tribes. In 2013, the Advisory Committee recommended creating a
centralized position solely dedicated to NAGPRA. This position was filled in 2014 and is
autonomous from any of the campus museums. The campus now has three full-time NAGPRA-
dedicated staff members charged with developing a proactive compliance program. In addition,
based on the geographic location of remains housed at UC Davis, the campus invited fifteen
tribes to consult on its campus NAGPRA policy. Four tribes provided feedback, most of which
was directly addressed or incorporated into the campus NAGPRA policy finalized in July 2017.

Notwithstanding these efforts, the University recognizes and seeks to address the continuing
concerns expressed by the Native American community. At the President’s direction, the
University is assembling a workgroup to conduct a substantive review and revision of the UC
Cultural Repatriation Policy, committee structures, and implementation practices. (See attached
memo to Provost Brown dated August 24, 2018.) The workgroup will include representatives
from the existing University Advisory Group on Cultural Affiliation and Repatriation of Human
Remains and Cultural Items, the Academic Senate, and Native American tribes. A plan for the
workgroup’s review and revision of the UC Cultural Repatriation Policy is due to the President
by September 28, 2018.

Key to Acronyms

Cal NAGPRA California Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
NAGPRA Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act

Attachments:

Attachment 1: Campus Overviews on NAGPRA Activities

Attachment 2: President’s letter to Provost Brown