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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Dear UCR Campus Community,
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">The UC Office of the President (UCOP) issued the
</span><span lang="EN"><a href="https://ucal.us/nagpra"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">Native American Cultural Affiliation and Repatriation Interim Policy</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">
on July 24, 2020 to clarify the process with which all UC campuses will implement the Federal Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and the California NAGPRA (CalNAGPRA). NAGPRA was enacted to protect Native American, Native Hawaiian,
and Native Alaskan graves and requires repatriation of human remains and certain cultural items. Repatriation is the process of returning Native American, Native Hawaiian, or Native Alaskan ancestral human remains and certain cultural items to their original
communities. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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UC Riverside is fully committed to the goals of NAGPRA and CalNAGPRA as well as the implementation of the UCOP policy, in its current and future forms, and all relevant laws. The Interim Policy substantially revised the previous policy to promote the repatriation
of human remains and cultural items, and to increase accountability and transparency across all UC campuses.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">I write to raise awareness of new policy requirements, affirm UCR’s commitment to the guiding principles and procedures of the policy, provide procedures
to report if you believe you or others may hold Native American, Native Hawaiian, and Native Alaskan human remains or cultural items, and enlist your assistance ensuring the campus fully complies with this important human rights and cultural heritage effort.
In particular, I want to draw your attention to the following critical elements of the new policy, which:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Articulates principles that the repatriation of Native American, Native Hawaiian, and Native Alaskan human remains is a fundamental
objective and value of the university.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Requires campuses to proactively review existing collections or other holdings that may potentially contain Native American,
Native Hawaiian, or Native Alaskan human remains or cultural items.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Prohibits the use of Native American, Native Hawaiian, or Native Alaskan human remains or cultural items in research or instruction
activities without tribal and university approval.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Requires the university to consult with tribes regarding traditional practices for the care of ancestral human remains and
cultural items. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Provides procedures for tribes to file appeals or complaints if they disagree with campus actions or decisions under the
policy.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Provides a procedure for members of the campus community to report Native American, Native Hawaiian, or Native Alaskan human
remains and cultural items that are not being properly maintained or properly reported.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Requires each campus to perform a review of all departments and units historically engaged in studies with human remains
or cultural items and all departments or units identified by department deans, chairs, or unit heads as potentially holding human remains or cultural items, in order to identify previously unreported human remains or cultural items.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">As the Chancellor’s Designee under the Interim Policy, I am responsible for campus oversight, compliance, and decision-making associated with this
policy, NAGPRA, and CalNAGPRA. Gerald Clarke, Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies, serves as the Campus Repatriation Coordinator under the policy and has been delegated authority to implement the policy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">As we prepare for the campus-wide review described above, I will be writing to department deans, chairs, and unit heads with further instruction in
the coming weeks. I kindly request the cooperation of all UC faculty, staff, and students with the Repatriation Coordinator and their department heads as needed in carrying out this review.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">For updated information regarding the Policy, please visit
</span><span lang="EN"><a href="https://ucal.us/nagpra"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">https://ucal.us/nagpra</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">. For additional information regarding the UCR
NAGPRA compliance efforts, please visit </span><span lang="EN"><a href="https://nagpra.ucr.edu/"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">https://nagpra.ucr.edu/</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">.
Please contact UCR Repatriation Coordinator Gerald Clarke at gerald.clarke@ucr.edu or
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#455A64;background:white">(951) 827-6427</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"> with any questions regarding the policy or if you believe you or others may hold
Native American or Native Hawaiian human remains or cultural items. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Additional project staff include:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Dr. M. C. Hall, Director, Archaeological Research Unit, UCR NAGPRA Collection Curator,
</span><span lang="EN"><a href="mailto:arumch@ucr.edu"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">arumch@ucr.edu</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">, or
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#455A64;background:white">(951) 827-5745</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Steven Mandeville-Gamble, University Librarian, NAGPRA Project Administrator,
</span><span lang="EN"><a href="mailto:stevenmg@ucr.edu"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">stevenmg@ucr.edu</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"> or (951) 827-3221.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">We appreciate your attention and full cooperation with this important policy.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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