Notice of Intended Repatriation of Native American Cultural Items – Center for Natural Lands Management

The Center for Natural Lands Management (CNLM), based in Temecula, California, has published a formal notice of intended repatriation under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The notice concerns cultural items currently held by CNLM that qualify under one or more of three legal categories: unassociated funerary objects, sacred objects, and/or objects of cultural patrimony. NAGPRA requires federal agencies and institutions that receive federal funding to inventory Native American human remains and cultural items, determine cultural affiliation, and repatriate those items to lineal descendants or affiliated Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations upon request. This notice is a mandatory step in that process. CNLM has determined that the identified cultural items share a cultural affiliation with specific Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations named in the notice. The publication of this notice opens a legally prescribed window during which affiliated tribes and organizations may formally claim the items for repatriation. This action does not involve human remains and is focused solely on cultural objects. Interested tribes or organizations must follow NAGPRA's procedural requirements to initiate a formal repatriation claim.

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