Office of the Native American Graves Protection & Repatriation Act

The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) is federal legislation that provides institutions receiving federal funding with a process for transferring Native American cultural items - human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony - to lineal descendants and federally recognized Native American tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations. Indiana University is committed to ongoing efforts to consult with appropriate tribal communities and returning Native American remains and cultural items.