Phoebe A. Hearst Museum

32 years after the passage of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, or NAGPRA, UC Berkeley has repatriated 1,000 of approximately 10,000 Indigenous remains.

UC Berkeley, through decades of systematic looting, has one of the largest collections of human remains in the country.

Homecoming weekend is here, and we want to make sure you are prepared to experience some of the very best that UC Berkeley has to offer.

The UC Cultural Repatriation Policy, which was last revised in 2001, requires that campuses consult with tribal authorities in acting upon repatriation requests; tensions still exist, however, between Native American tribes and UC campuses over culturally-unidentifiable remains.