Opportunity
Federal Register #2026-21533
NAGPRA notice for one Native American individual's remains held by UC Santa Barbara
Buyer
DEPT OF INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SVC
Posted
October 22, 2026
Identifier
2026-21533
The National Park Service issued a NAGPRA notice about human remains held by the University of California, Santa Barbara; this is not a procurement opportunity. - Government agency: National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. - Institution holding the remains: University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), Repository for Archaeological and Ethnographic Collections. - Notice concerns the remains of one Native American individual recovered from CA-SLO-47 in San Luis Obispo County, California; no associated funerary objects are present. - UCSB determined a cultural affiliation with the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation, California. - Eligible lineal descendants, tribes, or other qualifying affiliated organizations may submit repatriation requests to UCSB. - No products, services, quantities, part numbers, OEMs, or vendors are identified for procurement.
Description
The University of California, Santa Barbara Repository for Archaeological and Ethnographic Collections completed an inventory of human remains and determined a cultural affiliation with the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation, California. The remains represent one individual and were collected from CA-SLO-47 in San Luis Obispo County; no associated funerary objects are present. Repatriation may occur on or after November 23, 2026. Written requests for repatriation should be sent to the designated UCSB representative.