New California Bill Could Expand State’s Indigenous Repatriation Laws

A California state bill, which is expected to be signed into law later this year, would expand which Indigenous groups are able to request the return of human remains, funerary objects, and other sacred items from cultural institutions.
The new bill, titled AB-275 Native American Cultural Preservation, would build on the California Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 2001, by opening up the repatriation process to Indigenous tribes in California that are not federally recog