Cal State campuses have mixed records in returning Native remains and artifacts to tribes. Campus officials say they are working diligently to follow legal mandates but the process can be arduous, ...

Many universities and museums in the U.S. have long held Native American burial artifacts that came from excavations and research carried out without Native American consent.

UC Davis reminded employees of a policy requiring faculty to obtain tribal and university approval before using Native ...

A few months ago, while visiting the rooftop bar at a Residence Inn in Berkeley, I picked up the city’s glossy “official visitors’ guide” and searched it for the historical nuggets that these kinds of ...

Today, on California Native American Day, tribes celebrate in communities across California and gather at the state Capitol to honor their diversity and unity. But this day is about more than ...

Each fall, when the oak trees turn color in the foothills above Highland, I think about my grandparents, my parents James and Rowena Ramos, and the generations who lived and prayed on this land long ...

It took decades, stacks of legal paperwork and countless phone calls, but, in the spring of 2025, a California Chuckchansi Native American woman and her daughter walked onto a 5-acre parcel of land, ...

Intertribal Dance Singers and dancers perform during the California Native American Nations 56th Annual Native American Day at the State Capitol in 2023. Hector Amezcua The Sacramento Bee Today, on ...