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Tribes want Cal State to return Native remains and artifacts. Here’s why it’s not so easy

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. All but one Cal State campus have Native American remains and cultural items that federal and state laws require them to return to tribes. In many cases, the process has been slow. Though the size of their collections varies, campuses like Cal Poly […]

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This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. All but one Cal State campus have Native American remains and cultural items that federal and state laws require them to return to tribes. In many cases, the process has been slow. Though the size of their collections varies, campuses like Cal Poly […]

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