San Diego State Univ.

CALIFORNIA

There are 130 Native American ancestral remains and 56,712 associated funerary objects at the San Diego State Univ..

Of those, 76 Native American ancestral remains and 0 associated funeral objects are still pending identification and not yet available for repatriation.

58.5% of these ancestral remains are not yet available for repatriation.

58.5%

In addition, San Diego State Univ. has also identified 3,513 total unassociated funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony in their collections.

Note: Under NAGPRA, museums, universities and federal agencies are not required to report when ancestors, funerary objects, or other sacred objects are returned to tribes or Native Hawaiian Organizations. Therefore, it is possible that there are fewer ancestors or sacred objects actually in a museum's collection currently than listed at the time of publication. We will consider amending an organization's page if contacted.

Data is from the National Parks Service, updated November 13, 2024. It may be incomplete for individual institutions.

See current list of items pending identification and not yet available for repatriation, and notices of inventory for identified items.

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