In a notice published by the National Park Service, Turtle Bay Exploration Park in Redding, California, plans to return 113 cultural items to Native American tribes, as required by the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). These items, which include stone tools and animal bone fragments, have cultural significance to the Pit River Tribe. The repatriation process is set to begin on May 19, 2025, and requests can be submitted by tribes or descendants seeking the return of these objects. The National Park Service clarifies that it is not responsible for the determinations in this notice, which are managed by Turtle Bay Exploration Park.
Simple Explanation
Turtle Bay Exploration Park in California wants to give back some special objects to a Native American tribe called the Pit River Tribe. These objects are important to the tribe, and they plan to start giving them back next year, but they haven't explained how they will handle any disagreements about who should get the objects.