UC Berkeley intends to repatriate 51 lots of cultural items to the Morongo Band of Mission Indians in accordance with federal law. The cultural items, which are currently held at the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, may be returned starting Jan. 20. The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, or NAGPRA, requires museums and universities to take detailed inventories of human remains, funerary objections, sacred objects and objects of cultural patrimony that are claimed by a tribe and meet the requirements outlined in the law, according to an email from campus spokesperson Dan Mogulof. . Read more through the link in bio. ✍️: Myesha Phukan 📸: Kimberly Fong . . . #ucberkeley #dailycal #berkeley #Morongo