UC Santa Barbara Inventories and Notices
Federal NAGPRA and California NAGPRA (CalNAGPRA) require that institutions receiving federal, or state funds engage in a process of repatriating archaeologically and ethnographically obtained collections to affiliated Native communities. A key step in this process is to make available to Native communities records of what any given institution either has control over or maintains possession of. The two vehicles for this communication are "Inventories" of ancestors/human remains along with associated funerary objects: and "Summaries" of sacred objects or objects of cultural patrimony.
The University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) has a significant collection of archaeological and ethnographic material, primarily from but not limited to Chumash territories. Completed and preliminary inventories and summaries of UCSB's collections can be found on the Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC) website. UCSB is currently working to update its NAGPRA related inventories and summaries such that new records will be posted periodically. We will reach out to affiliated Native communities to invite opportunities for consultation on preliminary inventories and summaries, but please don’t hesitate to contact Repatriation Coordinator, Hugh D. Radde at hradde@ucsb.edu for updates or with questions.