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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Dear UCR faculty and staff,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Recently, my office reached out to all campus leaders, deans, academic department chairs about the UC’s responsibilities under the California Native American
Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (CalNAGPRA). By now, you may have already been contacted by your supervisor, department chair, or dean asking you to report any Native American human remains, other human remains, or Native American artifacts stored on
or off campus by your department or unit.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">For your information, I am sharing with all members of the UCR faculty and staff the letter that went out to those leaders on November 19, 2021.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">If you do know of any such remains or artifacts, please communicate that with your supervisor or department head so that that information can be included
in the survey that went out as part of this communication. Please note that the UCR NAGPRA Repatriation Coordinator and UCR NAGPRA Specialist will oversee any inventorying of items that are identified through this survey process: you do not need to create
an itemized inventory.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to let Megan Murphy, UCR NAGPRA Specialist
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">(<a href="mailto:megan.murphy@ucr.edu"><span style="color:blue">megan.murphy@ucr.edu</span></a> or (951) 827-6349)<span style="color:black">,
</span>Steven Mandeville-Gamble, UCR NAGPRA Administrator (<a href="mailto:stevenmg@ucr.edu"><span style="color:blue">stevenmg@ucr.edu</span></a> or (951) 827-3221), or Gerald Clarke, UCR Repatriation Coordinator (<a href="mailto:gerald.clarke@ucr.edu"><span style="color:blue">gerald.clarke@ucr.edu</span></a>
or (951) 827-6427), <span style="color:black">know. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Dr. Rodolfo H. Torres<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Chancellor’s Designee on NAGPRA”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> VCREDadmin <vcredadmin@ucr.edu>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, November 19, 2021 1:44 PM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) Questionnaire<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">Message on behalf of VC Rodolfo Torres:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">Dear Deans, Department Chairs, and Unit Heads,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">I write regarding specific actions required under the University of California
<a href="https://ucal.us/nagpra"><span style="color:#1155CC">Native American Cultural Affiliation and Repatriation Interim Policy</span></a> (<a href="https://ucal.us/nagpra">https://ucal.us/nagpra</a>) recently issued by the Office of the President. My April
2021<span style="color:blue"> </span>campus-wide email (see attached letter) provides a broad overview of the campus’s commitment to the policy. In addition to an annual campus-wide communication to raise awareness of the policy requirements, the campus is
obligated to conduct a systematic review to locate any previously unreported Native American Human Remains and Cultural Items (see Section V. E). Further, the California Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (CalNAGPRA) specifies that, because
it may not be clear which objects are Cultural Items, Summaries must include all Native American ethnographic or archaeological objects (“Native American Objects”). Preliminary Summaries and Inventories must be completed by January 1, 2022 and submitted to
the Native American Heritage Commission. The intention of this campus-wide review is to ensure the campus identifies and properly reports all Native American Human Remains and Native American Objects. To that end, I ask Deans, Department Chairs, Unit Heads,
and other supervisory staff to complete the attached initial assessment in consultation with your faculty, staff, and students as appropriate.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">The UC policy requires each department/unit to conduct an informed initial assessment about whether the department/unit and individual faculty, staff, or students hold Native American
Human Remains or Native American Objects. We are requesting this information for any collections under UC Control (including any that UC may have loaned to other institutions or individuals), or under the Control of another entity and in physical care of the
UC, or any of our faculty, staff, and students. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">To assist with this process, I have attached a document providing additional guidance in planning and carrying out your department/unit assessment, as well as relevant definitions
used in NAGPRA, CalNAGPRA, and the UC policy. I have asked the campus designated NAGPRA Specialist<span style="color:blue">
</span>Megan Murphy to coordinate this effort. After these reports have been submitted, she will review and identify items and departments/units that may require further assessment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">Please provide Gerald Clarke, UCR Repatriation Coordinator (<a href="mailto:gerald.clarke@ucr.edu">gerald.clarke@ucr.edu</a>) the results of your department or unit review via the
<a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ISJd6Oc_3YhbWhz7AyTetBEax10z5B3zFxUf-jJ1uBw/edit">
online submission form</a> (<a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ISJd6Oc_3YhbWhz7AyTetBEax10z5B3zFxUf-jJ1uBw/edit">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ISJd6Oc_3YhbWhz7AyTetBEax10z5B3zFxUf-jJ1uBw/edit</a> ) set up for this purpose by December 3, 2021. Please
note that a full list of the questions to be answered via the online form can be found below.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">We understand that COVID-19 may limit the ability to review labs, offices, and museums. Please contact Gerald Clarke if you are unable to complete this in the provided timeframe,
especially if you think your department/unit potentially holds Native American Human Remains and/or Native American Objects, or if you have any questions. In the event that the initial assessment indicates departments/units potentially hold Native American
Human Remains and/or Native American Objects,<span style="color:blue"> </span>Gerald Clarke<span style="color:blue">
</span>will follow up directly with the next steps. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">We appreciate your attention and full cooperation with this specific request and the policy in general.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">Dr. Rodolfo H. Torres<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">Attachments:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt">Department/Unit Reporting Questionnaire & Certification (see below)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt">NAGPRA Awareness Raising Letter 04.05.21.pdf<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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