FILE - Assemblyman James Ramos, D-Highlands, watches as votes are posted on a measure at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., on Aug. 30, 2022. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two laws Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023, authored by Assemblyman Ramos to require the state’s public university systems to make progress on their review and return of Native American remains and artifacts. SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov.
“We’re still dealing with a state that has not come to terms with its history — deplorable history and treatment towards California’s first people,” Ramos said.Things to know about California’s new proposed rules for insurance companiesThe laws require the California State University system and urge the University of California system to annually report their progress to review and return Native American remains and artifacts to tribes.
Kenneth Kahn, the tribe’s chairman, said it is “appalling” that campuses have held onto Native American remains for so long and disappointing that “it’s taking law” to get many universities to work to return these items. Some campuses have these items because they’ve been used in the past for archeological research, but these laws nudge the University of California and require California State University to ban them from being used for that purpose.