GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY WELCOME.
BEFORE WE BEGIN TODAY'S HEARING
. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE TRIBAL
AFFILIATIONS OF THE LAND WE ARE
ON. WHICH INCLUDES THE LAND OF
THE MIWOK AND PAT WINDS HERE
ALONG THE SACRAMENTO RIVER.
AGAIN. WELCOME AND THANK YOU.
THIS IS A JOINT OVERSIGHT
HEARING OF THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE
AUDIT COMMITTEE, WHICH I HAVE
THE HONOR OF CHAIRING AND THE
SELECT COMMITTEE AND NATIVE
AMERICAN AFFAIRS, WHICH MR RAMOS
CHAIRS. AT TODAY'S HEARING. WE
WILL DISCUSS THE FINDINGS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE AUTO
REPORT PRODUCED BY THE STATE
AUDITOR TITLED NATIVE AMERICAN
GRAVES, PROTECTION AND
REPATRIATION ACT. THE CALIFORNIA
STATE UNIVERSITY MUST DO MORE TO
ENSURE THE TIMELY RETURN OF
NATIVE AMERICAN REMAINS AND
CULTURAL ITEMS. TWO TRIBES I
WANNA START MY RECOGNITION BY
THANKING AND SOME MEMBER RAMOS
FOR INITIATING THE REQUEST FOR
THIS AUDIT. AND FOR THE AUDIT
COMMITTEE. APPROVING THAT AUDIT
REQUEST. AND I ALSO WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE MR RAMOS FOR TAKING
THE LEAD ON THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE
AND THIS SACRED TOPIC. THANK YOU
AGAIN. CHAIRMAN RAHM'S I ALSO
WANT TO THANK CHAIRMAN OF OUR
ASSEMBLY HIGHER EDUCATION
COMMITTEE AS A MEMBER PHªN WHO
IS WITH US. THANK YOU AS A
MEMBER OF FANG. AS YOU WILL
NOTICE ON THE AGENDA WE WILL
HEAR FROM THE STATE AUDITOR WHO
WILL PRESENT THE RESULTS THE
FACTS FOUND IN THE STATE AUDIT.
THE STATE ORDER WILL BE FOLLOWED
BY CSU CAMPUSES. UNFORTUNATELY
THE CSU WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE
ITS INTERIM CHANCELLOR, THE
RECENTLY ELECTED CHANCELLOR OR
THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF
TRUSTEES. HOWEVER WE HOPE AND
TRUST THAT THE CSU WILL BE
TAKING THIS TOPIC SERIOUSLY AND
GIVING IT ALL THE DUE ATTENTION
AT ALL THE LEVELS WITH ALL OF
THE STATE AUDITOR'S
RECOMMENDATIONS BEING DIRECTED
AT THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE
ATTENDANCE BY A TOP LEVEL
ADMINISTRATION WOULD HAVE SAID
INAPPROPRIATE TONE FOR TODAY'S
HEARING. ON THIS PANEL. WE ALSO
ALONG WITH THE CAMPUSES, WE WILL
HEAR FROM THE EXECUTIVE
SECRETARY OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN
HERITAGE COMMISSION. FINAL PANEL
WILL CONSIST OF SEVERAL TRIBAL
LEADERS FROM ACROSS THE STATE.
AND THEIR PERSPECTIVE IS
CERTAINLY IMPORTANT AND VITAL TO
THIS TOPIC. IN READING THE AUDIT
REPORT. I WAS SURPRISED AND
SADDENED BY HOW LITTLE EFFORT
THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE AND
CAMPUSES HAD EXERTED OVER THE
LAST SEVERAL DECADES. THE
FEDERAL NATIVE AMERICAN GRAVES
PROTECTION AND REPATRIATION ACT
OPERA. WAS ENACTED IN 1990 MORE
THAN 30 YEARS AGO. CAL NIAGARA
WAS ENACTED IN 2001. WHICH
PERMITS CALIFORNIA TRIBES
WITHOUT FEDERAL RECOGNITION TO
SUBMIT ME REPATRIATION CLAIMS TO
THE CAMPUSES. THIS AUDIT FOUND
THAT MORE THAN HALF OF CSU
CAMPUSES HAVE NOT REPATRIATED
ANY REMAINS OR CULTURAL ITEMS.
MORE THAN HALF OF THE 21. CSU
CAMPUSES DON'T EVEN KNOW THE
EXTENT OF THEIR COLLECTIONS,
SOMETHING THAT THE FEDERAL LAW
REQUIRED 28 YEARS AGO. IN
READING THE AUDITOR'S REPORT. IT
SEEMED CLEAR TO ME THAT THE
CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE WAS CULPABLE
FOR THIS LACK OF EFFORT. I'LL
ADMIT THAT I LIKED WHAT I READ
IN THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE
RESPONSE TO THIS AUDIT. THAT'S
WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY. TO MAKE
SURE THAT THIS COMMITMENT AND
ACTION THAT WAS PROMISED YOUR 30
YEARS AGO SHOULD ACTUALLY WILL
ACTUALLY HAPPEN. I'M HOPING THAT
WE WILL HEAR SOME SPECIFICS.
SPECIFICS FROM CSU THE CAMPUS IS
THAT WILL ASSURE ALL OF US THAT
THIS WILL BE DONE. IN A
EXPEDITIOUS MANNER TO COMPLY
WITH BOTH THE FEDERAL AND THE
STATE LAWS AND PROVIDE THE
RESPECT AND ATTENTION THAT IS
DUE TO THE REMAINS AND
ARTIFACTS. TO CALIFORNIA
SOVEREIGN NATIONS. I CAN'T THINK
OF. AS I SAID IN MY STATEMENT
EARLIER TODAY CAN THINK OF A
MORE PERSONAL MEANINGFUL THING
TO INDIVIDUALS OR TWO PEOPLE
THAT ENSURING THAT ONE'S
ANCESTRAL ITEMS AND REMAINS AND
BELONGINGS ARE GIVEN THE DIGNITY
AND THE RESPECT THAT WE ALL
DESERVE. I TRUST THAT WE CAN ALL
UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE THIS,
AND IT'S WITH THAT INTENT THAT
WE HAVE THIS HEARING AND WE
INITIATE AND I'D ASK FIRST
CHAIRMAN RAMOS TO SHARE ANY
OPENING COMMENTS. BEFORE WE GO
ON WITH THE PANEL'S CHAIRMAN,
THOMAS THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN
ALVAREZ. UM FOR THAT, AND THANK
YOU FOR ASSEMBLING THIS JOINT.
AUDIT AND I WANT TO THANK THE
AUDITORS, UM, FOR THEIR HARD
WORK ON THIS, UM, AUDIT THAT'S
COMING BEFORE US TODAY AND THE
FINDINGS THAT ARE THERE AND THE
NEED TO IDENTIFY LEGISLATION
MOVING FORWARD. I WANT TO. THANK
UM EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE TODAY
, ESPECIALLY THE TRIBAL LEADERS
WHOSE VOICES HAVE BEEN LEFT OUT
OF THE EQUATION WHEN DISCUSSING
THIS ISSUE THAT ARE TRULY HERE
TODAY IN THAT VOICE. SILENT, NO
MORE. BUT SADLY, THE AUDIT
FINDINGS DO NOT COME AS A
SURPRISE. AFTER WE'VE SEEN THE
èC AUDIT MOVE FORWARD AND THE
NEED FOR REPATRIATION THERE.
STATE UNIVERSITIES AUDIT IT
DOESN'T COME AS A SURPRISE TO
INDIAN COUNTRY. WE KNOW THAT
THERE'S STILL HAS TO BE RESPECT
. UM, HEALING, UM AND
COLLABORATION BUILT. BECAUSE
WHEN WE START TO SEE THE
FINDINGS IN THIS AUDIT WE'VE
SEEN THE OBVIOUS THAT THE STATE
UNIVERSITIES ALONG WITH THE U.
C. S NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE
THAT MORAL EPT ITUDE WHEN
DEALING WITH REMAINS OF NATIVE
AMERICAN PEOPLE, CALIFORNIA'S
FIRST PEOPLE THAT OUR ANCESTORS
ARE NOT SOME TROPHIES TO BE
HIGHLIGHTED IN THE CLASSROOM. OR
EVEN IN THE PICTORIAL FACILITIES
WHERE THEY'RE AT THEY ARE OUR
ANCESTORS. THEY'RE OUR ANCESTORS
THAT CONTINUE TO THEIR VOICES
CONTINUE TO BE HEARD TOO MANY OF
US MANY OF US CALIFORNIA FIRST
PEOPLE. CHILD THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA WHO WE TRULY ARE. BUT
ALSO. LET'S MOVE FORWARD IN
GETTING THOSE REPAIR AERIALS
TAKING PLACE WE TALK ABOUT
700,000 NATIVE AMERICAN REMAINS
AND ARTIFACTS, BUT WHEN YOU SEE
THE CHARTS BEHIND US, YOU SEE
THAT SOME UNIVERSITIES HAVE NOT
EVEN STARTED THE PROCESS. AND
THEY HAVE LARGE, UM LARGE
REMAINS IN THEIR IN THEIR
ARSENAL AND THEIR CONTROL
FACILITIES OVER 400,000, IN SOME
CASES THAT HAVE NOT EVEN STARTED
THE PROCESS, SO WE KNOW THAT
THAT 700,000 NUMBER IS ONLY
GOING TO CLIMB. BY BEING HERE
TODAY WITH OUR COLLEAGUES FROM
BOTH THE SENATE AND THE
ASSEMBLY. THAT WE KNOW THAT THIS
IS SOMETHING THAT THE
LEGISLATURE IS TAKING VERY
SERIOUSLY. THAT 28 YEARS AGO, IT
WAS LEFT TO THE CAL STATES TO
MOVE FORWARD FOR REPATRIATION.
AND TODAY WE FIND THAT LESS THAN
2% HAVE BEEN REPATRIATED BACK.
WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE ISSUES
, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT THE TRIBAL VOICES ARE BEING
HEARD. AND WHY THIS IS
IMPORTANT. WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT
TO US. IS BECAUSE CALIFORNIA'S
FIRST PEOPLE THE VOICES THAT ARE
THERE SHOULD NOT BE LOCKED UP IN
A BOX. OUR FAMILIES AND OUR
TRIBAL PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW. TO
BE ABLE TO GET THOSE REMAINS AND
CONDUCT A PROPER REBURIAL FOR
OUR PEOPLE. THEY SHOULDN'T BE
PARADED AROUND IN CLASSROOMS.
THEY SHOULD NOT BE SOMETHING
THAT'S LOWER ON THE DIFFERENT
TOP 10 LIST FROM CHANCELLOR ON
DOWN FROM THE CAL STATE
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM. IT'S NOW TIME
THAT CALIFORNIA'S FIRST PEOPLE
IN THE ISSUE OF REPATRIATION
STARTS TO MOVE TO THE NUMBER ONE
PRIORITY OF THE CAL STATE
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM. SO I'M GONNA
THANK ALL MY COLLEAGUES FOR
BEING HERE TODAY AS WE MOVE
FORWARD TO ENSURE THAT THE
VOICES OF CALIFORNIA'S FIRST
PEOPLE IS SOMETHING THAT'S NOT
BEING LOST IN THE EQUATION. IT'S
HERE TODAY, AND IT'S GOING TO
STAY AT THE FOREFRONT OF THIS
BODY AND WE'RE GOING TO START TO
SEE SOME RESOLVE AND SOME
MOVEMENT FROM THE CAL STATE
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM ALONG WITH THE
TRIBAL COMMUNITIES HERE IN THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, IT'S TIME
THAT WE BRING OUR ANCESTORS
HOME. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. THANK
YOU. CHAIRMAN. RAMOS APPRECIATE
THAT. I LIKE TO GIVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO CHAIRMAN OF THE
HIGHER EDUCATION COMMITTEE, MR
FANG TO SAY A FEW WORDS.
MR FANG MICROPHONE. MAKE SURE
IT'S ON.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE CHAIR
ALVAREZ AND CHAIR RAMOS FOR
INVITING ME TODAY AND AS CHAIR
OF THE ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON
HIGHER EDUCATION TO PARTICIPATE
IN TODAY'S IMPORTANT JOINT
HEARING EXAMINING THE STATE
AUDITOR'S FINDINGS ON THE
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY AND
ITS HANDLING OF THE NATIVE
AMERICAN BRAINS AND CULTURAL
ITEMS. I KNOW THAT TODAY WILL BE
A REALLY ROBUST HEARING AND TO
HEAR FROM THE REPRESENTATIVES OF
THE STATE AUDITOR'S OFFICE. QUÊ
CSU CAMPUSES, THE NATIVE
AMERICAN HERITAGE COMMISSION AND
TRIBAL LEADERS. AS YOU HAVE
HEARD FROM A PRIOR SPEAKERS.
THERE'S MUCH MORE WORK TO BE
DONE TO ENSURE THAT NATIVE
AMERICAN REMAINS AND CULTURAL
ITEMS CAN BE REPATRIATED IN AN
APPROPRIATE AND TIMELY WAY. LOOK
FORWARD TO TODAY'S ROBUST
DISCUSSION. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN. WOULD ANY
OTHER MEMBERS. OF OUR EITHER
COMMITTEE LIKE TO SAY A FEW
WORDS BEFORE WE GET STARTED WITH
THE AUDITOR. RIGHT SAYING NONE
THAN, UH, WE WILL PROCEED WITH A
FEW HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS FOR
EVERYONE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND THE
HEARING OF TODAY I'LL ASK PANELS
TO KEEP THEIR PRESENTATIONS TO
THE TIME THAT WAS ALLOCATED
FOLLOWING EACH PANELS,
PRESENTATION MEMBERS WILL HAVE
THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK
QUESTIONS. THEN WE WILL RESERVE
TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AFTER
THE LAST PANELS, QUESTION AND
ANSWER PERIOD. MEMBERS ARE THE
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE
WE BEGIN WITH THE HEARING? SEE
NONE. THEN WE WILL BEGIN WITH
THE FIRST PRESENTATION. WE WILL
HEAR FROM OUR STATE AUDITOR
GRANT PARK'S ON AN OVERVIEW OF
THE AUDIT REPORT BY THE
AUDITOR'S OFFICE, AND LARA
CARNEY, WHO WAS THE PRINCIPAL
AUDITOR. MR PARKS. WELCOME.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
CHAIRMAN ALVAREZ CHAIRMAN RAMOS
CHAIRMAN FONG. I'M WITH LARA
CARNEY, WHO WAS THE AUDIT
PRINCIPAL IN CHARGE OF THE AUDIT
ASSIGNMENT HERE TO TALK TO YOU
TODAY ABOUT OUR JUNE 2023 AUDIT
REPORT ON C SUS COMPLIANCE WITH
NAG PREP AND CONAGRA. I PREPARED
SOME BRIEF OPENING REMARKS, BUT
PLAYS ALONG THE WAY. IF YOU HAVE
ANY QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO STOP
ME MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. TO BEGIN
THE NATIVE AMERICAN GRAVES
PROTECTION AND REPATRIATION ACT
, NAQURA AND ITS STATE
COUNTERPART, CONAGRA ARE
INTENDED TO PROTECT NATIVE
AMERICAN GRAVE SITES AND TO
CREATE A PROCESS BY WHICH NATIVE
AMERICAN TRIBES CAN REQUEST THE
RETURN OF ANCESTRAL REMAINS AND
CULTURAL ITEMS FROM GOVERNMENTAL
AGENCIES AND MUSEUMS. CHAIRMAN
RAMOS AND SEVERAL OTHER MEMBERS
SOUGHT AN AUDIT OF CSU'S
COMPLIANCE WITH NAGRA AND CAL
NIAGARA WHICH HAS SIMILARITIES
IN SCOPE TO MY OFFICE IS
PREVIOUS REVIEW OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IN 2020
THAT ALSO FOUND WEAKNESSES AND
UCS REPATRIATION EFFORTS. AND
OUR AUDIT OF CSU ALSO FOLLOWS AN
INCIDENT AT SAN JOSE STATE
UNIVERSITY, WHERE A FACULTY
MEMBER POSTED A PHOTO OF HERSELF
HOLDING NATIVE AMERICAN
ANCESTRAL REMAINS WITHOUT GLOVES
, ALONG WITH MAKING
INAPPROPRIATE COMMENTS ABOUT THE
COLLECTION THAT WOULD ULTIMATELY
STRAINED RELATIONS BETWEEN THE
CAMPUS AND THE TRIBE. WITH THE
PASSAGE OF A B 28, 36 AND 2018.
THE LEGISLATURE DECLARED THAT
NAQURA AND CAL NIAGARA ARE HUMAN
RIGHTS LAWS AND STATED THAT THE
DELAYED REPATRIATION OF NATIVE
AMERICAN REMAINS AND CULTURAL
ITEMS ARE INCONGRUENT WITH THE
STATE'S VALUES, WHICH INCLUDE A
RESPECT FOR THE CULTURAL
RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA. AND
CALIFORNIANS INDIAN HERITAGE
THAT HAVE BEEN EXPRESSED IN
MEMORIALIZED IN OTHER STATE
POLICIES. CHAIRMAN RAMOS AND
OTHER MEMBERS NOTED IN THEIR
AUDIT REQUEST THAT THE ISSUE OF
REPATRIATION OF NATIVE AMERICAN
REMAINS AND ARTIFACTS IS A LONG
STANDING ISSUE DESPITE THE
PASSAGE OF FEDERAL AND STATE LAW
AND HOPE THE AUDIT WOULD PROVIDE
MORE INFORMATION ON C SUS
EFFORTS. AMONG THE AUDITS
OBJECTIVES. THE COMMITTEE
DIRECTED MY OFFICE TO SURVEY ALL
CSU CAMPUSES TO DETERMINE WHAT
REMAINS AND ARTIFACTS ARE STILL
IN THEIR POSSESSION. ALONG WITH
INFORMATION ON WHAT ITEMS HAVE
BEEN RETURNED. WE WERE ALSO
DIRECTED TO SELECT FOUR CAMPUSES
AND WE INCLUDED CHICO, SAN JOSE
STATE, SACRAMENTO AND SAN DIEGO
TO DETERMINE MORE SPECIFICALLY
THEIR DEGREE OF COMPLIANCE WITH
NAGRA AND CONAGRA. AND THE AUDIT
ALSO DIRECTED MY OFFICE TO
REVIEW CSU'S SYSTEM, WIDE
POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AS WELL
AS THE LEVEL OF OVERSIGHT
PROVIDED BY THE CHANCELLOR'S
OFFICE, PRETENDING TO COMPLIANCE
WITH BOTH THE FEDERAL AND STATE
LAW. IN SUMMARY, I'D SAY
OVERALL, THERE'S FOUR KEY
FINDINGS AND OBSERVATIONS THAT
WE MADE DURING THE AUDIT THAT
I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU
TODAY. THE FIRST FINDING IS THAT
NEARLY 30 YEARS AFTER NAG PRES
DEADLINE, 12 CSU CAMPUSES HAVE
YET TO FULLY ACCOUNT FOR THEIR
COLLECTIONS. FEDERAL LAW
GENERALLY REQUIRED CAMPUSES TO
HAVE COMPLETED THEIR INVENTORIES
BY LATE 1995 AND TO REPORT THIS
INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL PARK
SERVICE. WE SURVEYED ALL CSU
CAMPUSES AND INCLUDED QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE SIZE OF THEIR
COLLECTIONS AND WHETHER OR NOT
THEY HAD REPATRIATED. ANY OF
THEIR INVENTORIES AS REQUIRED,
AS NOTED ON FIGURE ONE ON PAGE
12 OF OUR AUDIT REPORT. 12
CAMPUSES HAVE NOT COMPLETED
THEIR INVENTORIES, AND FOUR OF
THESE 12 COULD NOT ESTIMATE FOR
US THE SIZE OF THEIR CAN DECIDES
OF THEIR COLLECTIONS, DESPITE
REPORTING AT LEAST 100 BOXES OF
MATERIALS THAT WERE STILL IN
THEIR POSSESSION. OVERALL THE
CAMPUS SURVEY RESPONSES THAT WE
OBTAINED INDICATE THAT THERE ARE
NEARLY 700,000 ITEMS AND SEE SUS
POSSESSION, WHICH MAY LIKELY
INCREASE AS MORE AND MORE
CAMPUSES MAKE PROGRESS ON
COMPLETING THEIR INVENTORIES OF
PARTICULAR NOTE SAM SOME
CAMPUSES WITH THE LARGEST
COLLECTIONS SUCH AS SONOMA IN
SACRAMENTO, HAVE YET TO COMPLETE
THEIR INVENTORIES. CAMPUSES
GENERALLY CITED A LACK OF
PRIORITIZATION AND DEDICATED
FUNDING FOR NAGRA ACTIVITIES AS
THE MAIN REASONS FOR NOT
COMPLETING THEIR REVIEWS. FOR
EXAMPLE, SACRAMENTO STATE
ACKNOWLEDGED DURING THE AUDIT
THAT IT DID NOT COMMIT THE
FUNDING AND STAFFING RESOURCES
NECESSARY FOR COMPLETING ITS
INVENTORY, NOTING THAT FROM 1990
UNTIL ABOUT 2007, ONLY ONE
FACULTY MEMBER WAS RESPONSIBLE
FOR CAMPUS COMPLIANCE, WHICH WAS
IN ADDITION TO THE EMPLOYEES,
OTHER COURSE AND DEPARTMENT
WORKLOAD. MOST OF SACRAMENTO'S
WORK STOPPED FROM 2012 TO 2015
BECAUSE THE CAMPUS LACKED A
COLLECTIONS MANAGER. DURING THE
AUDIT THE LACK OF CAMPUS
PRIORITIZATION THAT WE SAW AT
THE PLACES THAT WE VISITED WAS A
RECURRING THEME THAT I THINK
WILL SHOW AGAIN AND THE
REMAINING FINDINGS THAT I'LL
TALK ABOUT IN MY PRESENTATION
TODAY. THE SECOND FINDING THAT
WE NOTED, IS THAT CAMPUSES HAVE
MADE LITTLE PROGRESS AND
ACTUALLY REPATRIATING THEIR
NAGPUR COLLECTIONS AGAIN. BASED
ON OUR SURVEY, ONLY ONE CAMPUS
HAS REPATRIATED THE MAJORITY OF
ITS IDENTIFIED COLLECTION, WHICH
IS LONG BEACH AT 70. THE NEXT
CLOSEST ARE SAN FRANCISCO AT 32%
SAN DIEGO AT 19% SACRAMENTO AT
5% AFTER WHICH FIVE CAMPUSES
ANOTHER FIVE CAMPUSES REPORTED
REPATRIATING 1% OR LESS WHILE
ANOTHER 10 CAMPUSES REPORTED
REPATRIATING NO ITEMS AT ALL
GLOBALLY, OUR SURVEYS RESULTS
INDICATE ACCORDING TO THE CSU
THAT THE SYSTEM AS A WHOLE HAS
REPATRIATED JUST 6% OF ITS
COLLECTIONS. SEVERAL CAMPUSES
AGAIN CITED THE LACK OF FUNDING
AS A CAUSE, AS WELL AS
INSUFFICIENT STAFFING AND
LIMITED COMMUNICATION BETWEEN
CAMPUS LEADERSHIP AND ACADEMIC
DEPARTMENTS, WHO MAINTAIN THESE
COLLECTIONS AND SOME CAMPUSES.
IN SOME CASES, CAMPUSES COULD
NOT EXPLAIN THE DELAYS. FOR
EXAMPLE, CSU NORTHRIDGE
EXPLAINED THAT AFTER 1995 THE
CAMPUS DID NOT PROCEED WITH
REPATRIATION EFFORTS UNTIL THE
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE INFORMED
IT OF ITS NON COMPLIANCE 20
YEARS LATER IN 2019. NORTHRIDGE
IS STAFF COULD NOT EXPLAIN WHY
THE CAMPUS HAD NOT FOLLOWED
THROUGH ON ITS REPATRIATION
EFFORTS. AT ANOTHER CAMPUS,
HUMBOLDT CITED THE LACK OF A
REPATRIATION QUARTER COORDINATOR
UNTIL 2022 AS THE REASON FOR ITS
LACK OF ACTIVITY. BAKERSFIELD
PRESIDENT EXPLAINED THAT BECAUSE
THE CAMPUS HAD RELIED ON ITS
ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS TO
IMPLEMENT NAGRA CAMPUS
LEADERSHIP WAS NOT AWARE OF THE
STATUS OF ITS COLLECTIONS,
INCLUDING ANY REQUESTS TO RETURN
CULTURAL ITEMS. MEANWHILE SAN
DIEGO'S LAST REPATRIATION
OCCURRED IN 2012 AND CAMPUS
STAFF ACKNOWLEDGED TO US DURING
THE AUDIT THAT THEY HAD NOT
TAKEN ANY PROACTIVE STEPS SINCE
THEN, SUCH AS REGULARLY
INFORMING TRIBES OF ITS
COLLECTIONS TO EXPEDITE THEIR
RETURN. IN OUR VIEW THESE CAMPUS
PERSPECTIVES ALONG WITH THE
RESULTS OF OUR SURVEY REINFORCE
THAT CSU HAS NOT HISTORICALLY
VIEWED COMPLIANCE WITH NAGRA AND
CAL MAG OPERA AS A PRIORITY. OUR
THIRD FINDING FOCUSED MORE
SPECIFICALLY ON CAMPUS
COMPLIANCE OR NON COMPLIANCE
WITH NAGRA AND CAL NAQURA. ONE
OF THE FINDINGS THAT SHOW UP IN
THIS AREA IS THAT WE NOTED THAT
SOME CAMPUSES RETURN REMAINS
WITHOUT PROVIDING SUFFICIENT
PUBLIC NOTICE. TWO CAMPUSES,
CHICO AND MONTEREY RETURNED
REMAINS TO TRIBES WITHOUT
INFORMING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
AND OTHER TRIBES THROUGH
REQUIRED POSTINGS IN THE FEDERAL
REGISTER. BOTH NAG PRA AND
CONAGRA REQUIRE CAMPUSES TO
CONSULT WITH TRIBES TO AFFILIATE
THE REMAINS AND CULTURAL ITEMS
AND THEIR CAMPUS COLLECTIONS AND
FEDERAL LAW REQUIRES CAMPUSES TO
SUBMIT COLLECTION DETAILS TO THE
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FOR
POSTING IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER.
ALLOWING OTHER TRIBES THE
OPPORTUNITY TO DETERMINE THEIR
OWN INTERESTS IN THE COLLECTION
BY NOT FOLLOWING PUBLIC NOTICE
REQUIREMENTS. CAMPUSES INCREASED
THE RISK THAT TRIBES WILL MISS
OPPORTUNITIES TO SUBMIT A CLAIM
FOR REPATRIATION. CHICO REPORTED
THAT IT RETURNS REMAINS TO A
TRIBE IN 2014 AFTER THE
ANTHROPOLOGY MUSEUM DISCOVERED
THE REMAINS IN A BOX LABELED
WITH THE TRIBE'S NAME. CAMPUS
STAFF COULD NOT FIND
DOCUMENTATION EXPLAINING THE
SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCES FOR THIS
RETURN, AND NOTED THAT THE
FACULTY WHO WERE INVOLVED AT THE
TIME HAD SINCE RETIRED CHICO
STAFF ALSO INDICATED THAT THE
DEPARTMENT WAS UNAWARE OF NAG
PRE'S REQUIREMENTS PERTAINING TO
REPATRIATION. MONTEREY RETURNED
ITEMS TO A TRIBE IN APRIL 2022
WITHOUT SUBMITTING THE REQUIRED
INFORMATION TO THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT, CAMPUS STAFF AND
FACULTY EXPLAINED AT THAT TIME,
THEY HAD NOT WORKED ON ANY
NECTAR REPATRIATIONS AND WERE
UNAWARE OF THE SPECIFIC STEPS
THE LAW REQUIRED. MONTERREY HAD
IDENTIFIED THREE TRIBES THAT
CLAIMED ORIGINS IN THE AREA, BUT
THE CAMPUS ONLY CONTACTED TWO
TRIBES. WITH WHOM IT HAD
MAINTAINED RELATIONSHIPS AND
SUBSEQUENTLY ONLY RETURNED THE
ITEMS TO ONE TRIBE WHO ACTUALLY
RESPONDED TO THEIR REQUEST,
MONTEREY STAFF INDICATED THAT
THEY SUBSEQUENTLY BECAME AWARE
OF NIAGARA'S REQUIREMENTS. LATER
IN DECEMBER, 2022 AFTER
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE, VISITED THE
CAMPUS AND EXPLAINED NAGRA AND
CALLEN ACTORS REQUIREMENTS. WE
ALSO FOUND THAT SIX CAMPUSES DID
NOT CONSULT WITH TRIBES IS
REQUIRED BEFORE REVIEWING THEIR
COLLECTIONS. THE 2020 AMENDMENTS
TO CAL NAGRA REQUIRED CAMPUSES
TO CONSULT WITH TRIBES BEFORE
CONDUCTING NEW OR ADDITIONAL
INVENTORY WORK, AND THIS
REQUIREMENT IS INTENDED TO ALLOW
TRIBES TO COMMUNICATE HANDLING
PREFERENCES AND OTHER
INFORMATION TO ENSURE THE
RESPECTFUL TREATMENT. THEIR
ANCESTORS REMAINS IN CULTURAL
ITEMS. THE SIX CAMPUSES THAT WE
NOTED THAT DID NOT CONSULT WITH
TRIBES BEFORE REVIEWING THEIR
COLLECTIONS WERE FRESNO
FULLERTON HUMBLED MONTEREY BAY,
NORTHRIDGE AND SAN DIEGO. SAN
DIEGO EXPLAINED THAT IT WAS
FOCUSING ON PROVIDING ITS
INVENTORY TO THE NATIVE AMERICAN
HERITAGE COMMISSION PER CONAGRA
AND SUBSEQUENTLY LEARNED IN A
WORKSHOP THAT THE NHC IN
CALIFORNIA TRIBES WERE REQUIRED
TO BE CONSULTED BEFORE THE
INVENTORY PROCESS. NORTHRIDGE
EXPLAINED THAT IT REVIEWED AN
INVENTORY ITS COLLECTION PRIOR
TO CONSULTING WITH TRIBES
BECAUSE IT WANTED A FULL
UNDERSTANDING OF ITS COLLECTIONS
BEFOREHAND. FURTHER FOUR
CAMPUSES HAVE YET TO PROVIDE
THEIR INVENTORIES TO N H. A. C.
FRESNO FULLERTON, LOS ANGELES
AND MONTEREY. THESE CAMPUSES
GAVE VARYING REASONS FOR NOT
REPORTING RANGING FROM LACK OF
AWARENESS OF THE REQUIREMENTS TO
TECHNICAL REPORTING PROBLEMS OR
A FOCUS ON COMPLETING THEIR
INVENTORIES. THE LAST FINDING AN
OBSERVATIONAL LEAVE WITH THE
COMMITTEE BEFORE RESPONDING TO
ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE IS
THAT WE NOTED THAT CAMPUS IS
GENERALLY LACK POLICIES,
DEDICATED FUNDING AND STAFFING
NECESSARY TO SUPPORT
REPATRIATION. NONE OF THE FOUR
CAMPUSES WE VISITED HAVE
ESTABLISHED A COMPREHENSIVE
REPATRIATION POLICY, AND WE
IDENTIFIED AREAS WITHIN THEIR
DRAFT AND DEPARTMENT SPECIFIC
POLICIES. THAT DID NOT REFLECT
BEST PRACTICES. WHEN MULTIPLE
ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS ON A CAMPUS
MAINTAINED AGRICOLE COLLECTIONS
, HAVING CONSISTENTLY APPLIED
THOROUGH AND WELL UNDERSTOOD
POLICIES CAN BETTER ENSURE
CAMPUS COMPLIANCE AND PROVIDE A
MORE CONSISTENT EXPERIENCE FOR
TRIBES SOME EXAMPLES OF GAPS IN
CAMPUS POLICIES RELATIVE TO THE
BEST PRACTICES WE IDENTIFIED
INCLUDE MISSING DISPUTE
RESOLUTION POLICIES THAT DEFINE
HOW TRIBAL REPRESENTATIVES CAN
APPEAL DECISIONS TO A PARTY
SEPARATE FROM THE CAMPUS
REPATRIATION TEAM. A LACK OF
RESTRICTIONS ON THE ACCEPTANCE
OF NEW COLLECTIONS AND THE
LOANING OF COLLECTIONS TO OTHER
ENTITIES. INCOMPLETE PUBLIC
TRANSPARENCY AND COMMUNICATION
POLICIES, SUCH AS MAINTAINING A
PUBLIC WEBSITE TO VOTED TO
NAGPUR AND CAL NIAGARA
COMPLIANCE AND EASY TO FIND
CONTACT INFORMATION FOR TRIBES.
AND FURTHER WE NOTED THAT ONLY
11 OF THE 21 CAMPUSES WITH
COLLECTIONS REPORTED HAVING A
CAMPUS COMMITTEE TO PROVIDE
OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF
REPATRIATION ACTIVITIES AND
FURTHER JUST FOUR OF THESE 11
COMMITTEES INCLUDE NATIVE
AMERICAN REPRESENTATIVES WHO ARE
INDEPENDENT AND EXTERNAL TO THE
CAMPUS. WE BELIEVE, INCLUDING
TRIBAL REPRESENTATION CAN HELP
STRENGTHEN COLLABORATION BETWEEN
THE CSU CAMPUSES AND NATIVE
AMERICANS. SINCE 1990. THE
CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE HAS
DELEGATED RESPONSIBILITY FOR
COMPLIANCE WITH NAGRA AND CAL
NIAGARA TO EACH CAMPUS AND HAS
NOT ESTABLISHED UNIVERSITY WIDE
POLICIES. IN 2006. THE
CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE REITERATED
THAT IT HAD NO PLANS TO PROVIDE
GUIDANCE TO THE CAMPUSES. MORE
RECENTLY IN 2021, IT HAS STARTED
TO PROVIDE SOME SUPPORT, SUCH AS
BY ISSUING A MEMO TO CAMPUSES
CLARIFYING INVENTORY
REQUIREMENTS AND LATER HIRING A
SYSTEM WIDE. CAL NAGPUR, A
PROJECT MANAGER AND 2022 HOWEVER
, WE BELIEVE THE CHANCELLOR'S
OFFICE IS BEST POSITIONED TO
PLAY A MUCH LARGER LEADERSHIP
ROLE TOWARDS ENSURING A MORE
CONSISTENT, TIMELY AND
ACCOUNTABLE REPATRIATION PROCESS
ACROSS THE CSU SYSTEM. SOME OF
OUR RECOMMENDATIONS, ALL OF
WHICH ARE SUBSTANTIALLY DIRECTED
TO THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE,
GIVEN ITS AUTHORITY INCLUDE THE
CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE NEEDS TO
MONITOR CAMPUS EFFORTS TO
FINALIZE THEIR INVENTORIES BY
DECEMBER 2024 WHILE ENSURING
CAMPUSES PROPERLY ENGAGED WITH
TRIBES. THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE
ALSO NEEDS TO ISSUE A SYSTEM
WIDE POLICY ESTABLISHING
CONSISTENT REPATRIATION
PRACTICES AND STAFF TRAINING
REQUIREMENTS IN CONSULTATION
WITH CALIFORNIA TRIBES AND THE
NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE
COMMISSION. FURTHER TO ENSURE
BETTER OVERSIGHT AND
ACCOUNTABILITY. THE CHANCELLOR'S
OFFICE SHOULD ESTABLISH A SYSTEM
WIDE NAGRA COMMITTEE BY DECEMBER
2023 AND REQUIRE CAMPUSES TO
PERIODICALLY REPORT THEIR
REPATRIATION ACTIVITIES TO THIS
COMMITTEE. THE CHANCELLOR SHOULD
ALSO REQUIRE INDIVIDUAL CAMPUSES
WITH MORE THAN 100 ITEMS TO
ESTABLISH THEIR OWN COMMITTEES.
AND TO BETTER ENSURE TIMELY
REPATRIATION EACH CAMPUS WITH
MORE THAN 100 SETS OF REMAINS,
OR CULTURAL ITEMS SHOULD ALSO
ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE FULL TIME
REPATRIATION COORDINATORS BY
JUNE 2024. AND FINALLY, THE
CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE MUST REQUIRE
EACH CAMPUS TO DETERMINE THEIR
FUNDING NEEDS TO COMPLETE
REPATRIATION IN A TIMELY MANNER
, DETERMINING WHETHER CSU'S
EXISTING FINANCIAL RESOURCES ARE
SUFFICIENT. WE ALSO MADE ONE
LEGISLATIVE RECOMMENDATION THAT
WOULD REQUIRE CSU TO REPORT TO
THE LEGISLATURE ANNUALLY ON THE
STATUS OF COMPLETING ITS
INVENTORIES CONSULTING WITH
TRIBES. AND THE ACTUAL
REPATRIATION OF HUMAN REMAINS
AND CULTURAL ITEMS. IN CLOSING.
I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT THE CSU HAS
SYSTEM WAS COOPERATIVE AND
FORTHCOMING DURING THE AUDIT,
CSU'S INTERIM CHANCELLOR
INDICATED THAT CSU PLANS TO
IMPLEMENT EACH OF OUR
RECOMMENDATIONS, INCLUDING
CREATING SYSTEM, WIDE POLICIES
AND OVERSIGHT. MY OFFICE WILL
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE CSU
SYSTEM AT SIX MONTHS AND ONE
YEAR FOLLOWING OUR REPORTS
RELEASED AND WITH THAT, EITHER I
OR LARA WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY
TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY
HAVE. THANK YOU TO OUR STATE
AUDITOR. MR PARKS APPRECIATE THE
REPORT. UM, VERY WELL OUTLINED,
UH, AND I WANT TO OPEN IT UP NOW
FOR QUESTIONS. I HAVE SOMEBODY I
WANT TO GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY
FIRST TO COLLEAGUES WHO MIGHT
HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THE AUDITOR
LOOKING AROUND. LET ME THEN
START AND THEN DID. YEAH. OKAY,
MR RAMOS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU
FOR THAT REPORT AND KNOWING THAT
YOU WORKED ON THE U. C UM, AUDIT
, ALSO, UM AND. AND WITH LARA
NOW WITH THE PRINCIPAL HERE, DO
WE SEE SIMILAR THINGS THAT WE'VE
SEEN IN THE BEGINNING OF THE
UCS? AND NOW HOW DO WE, UM, LOOK
AT, UM WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT NOW
AS FAR AS MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS
MOVING FORWARD. YEAH, SURE. HI
EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS LAURA
CARNEY AND I'M AUDIT PRINCIPAL
WITH A CALIFORNIA STATE
AUDITOR'S OFFICE. I WORKED ON
THE TWO PREVIOUS AUDITS THAT WE
ISSUED OF THE UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA'S COMPLIANCE WITH CAL
, NIAGARA AND NIAGARA. INITIALLY
WHEN WE FIRST STARTED OUR WORK
THERE, WE ABSOLUTELY SAW
SIMILARITIES. SOME OF THE
CHANGES THAT RESULTED IN THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA ARE
BECAUSE OF THE REQUIREMENTS THAT
ARE SET FORTH AND CONAGRA SUCH
AS ESTABLISHING A SYSTEM WIDE
POLICY COMMITTEES TO OVERSEE
REPATRIATION EFFORTS AT THE
CAMPUS LEVEL, AS WELL AS A
SYSTEM WIDE LEVEL AND ALSO OUR
OVERSIGHT. WE ARE REQUIRED TO
PERFORM TWO AUDITS OF THEIR
COMPLIANCE WITH CAL NIAGARA AND
THAT WE HAVE SEEN IMPROVEMENTS.
THERE ARE STILL A LONG WAY TO GO
FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA. BUT WE HAVE
DEFINITELY SEEN CHANGES AND WE
ARE SEEING MORE ITEMS BEING
REPATRIATED. WHEN WE GOT TO THE
CSU, AND WE REVIEWED THE
PROGRESS THAT THEY HAVE MADE. IT
I HAVE TO BE COMPLETELY HONEST.
WE ARE COMPLETELY DISAPPOINTED.
WE BELIEVE THAT WITH THE
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE HAVE
MADE, WHICH ALIGN WITH SOME OF
THOSE REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE IN
STATE LAW FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA, SUCH AS ESTABLISHING
CAMPUS COMMITTEES, ESTABLISHING
A SYSTEM WIDE COMMITTEE AND MOST
IMPORTANTLY, THAT SYSTEM WIDE
POLICY WE BELIEVE THAT THE CSU
WILL BE ON THE RIGHT TRACK TO
BEGIN RETURNING REMAINS AND
CULTURAL ITEMS. TO THE TRIBES TO
WHICH THEY BELONG. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND ALSO
JUST TO BE CLEAR. UM THE AUDIT,
ACTUALLY. LOOKED AT NOT THE
WHOLE CAL STATE UNIVERSITY
SYSTEM. BUT A SAMPLING OF SOME
OF THE CAL STATE UNIVERSITIES
AND THAT'S HOW WE GOT TO THE
NUMBER WHERE WE'RE AT NOW. WELL
WHAT WE DID IS FOR THE
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY
AUDIT THAT WE'RE HERE TO DISCUSS
TODAY WE REVIEWED FOUR CAMPUSES
AS THE STATE AUDITOR POINTED OUT
, CHICO, SACRAMENTO, SAN DIEGO
AND SAN JOSE. THE AUDIT REQUEST
SPECIFICALLY ASKED US TO LOOK AT
SAN JOSE BECAUSE OF THE ISSUES
WITH THE FACULTY MEMBER THERE AS
WELL AS CHICO. I IMAGINE IT'S
BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE CSU
PROJECT MANAGER OF OVERSEEING
NIAGARA IS HOUSED. WE ALSO
SURVEYED THOUGH ALL OF THE
CAMPUSES THAT HAVE COLLECTIONS
21 OF THE 23 CAMPUSES HAVE
COLLECTIONS. AND WE PRESENT OUR
SURVEY RESULTS IN THE BACK OF
THE REPORT. THE INFORMATION
THAT'S BEHIND YOU.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S YOU FIGURE ONE
YOU HAVE TABLE TO THAT
INFORMATION IS NOT ONLY TAKEN
FROM THE WORK THAT WE PERFORMED
AT THE FOUR CAMPUSES, BUT THAT
INFORMATION IS BASED ON THE
SURVEY RESPONSES THAT WE
RECEIVED FROM EACH OF THE 21
CAMPUSES THAT WE SURVEYED. WE
BELIEVE THE INFORMATION THEY
HAVE PROVIDED HIS FORTHCOMING
AND WE VERIFIED IT AGAINST
EVIDENCE THAT WAS AVAILABLE TO
ENSURE THAT THE INFORMATION THEY
WERE REPORTING IS ACCURATE. I DO
WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE FACT
THAT THERE ARE FOUR CAMPUSES ON
THE BOTTLE BOTTOM OF FIGURE ONE
THAT HAVE YET TO GO THROUGH
THEIR COLLECTIONS AND IDENTIFY
WHAT THEIR INVENTORY SIZES EVEN
ARE IS AGAIN DISAPPOINTING. THEY
HAVE TOLD US THAT THERE ARE
REMAINS AND CULTURAL ITEMS AND
AT LEAST 100 BOXES. WITHIN THEIR
STORAGE UNITS. THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT WE NEED TO RESOLVE AND WE
NEED A REMEDY. AND WE ARE
HOPEFUL THAT BY THE CSU
IMPLEMENTING OUR RECOMMENDATIONS
THAT IT HAPPENS IN A TIMELY
MANNER. THANK YOU. SO THE NUMBER
THAT'S BEEN PRESENTING THE AUDIT
, UM, CLOSE TO 700,000 NATIVE
AMERICAN REMAINS CULTURAL
ARTIFACTS. BECAUSE OF NOT BEING
ABLE TO GO THROUGH THE FULL, UM
THE WORK HASN'T BEEN DONE. DO WE
BELIEVE THAT THAT NUMBER WILL
ONLY GROW ABSOLUTELY 100% YOU
ONLY HAVE 12 CAMPUSES THAT HAVE
COMPLETED THE INVENTORY PROCESS
WHERE THEY ARE ACTUALLY
ASSESSING HOW MANY REMAINS AND
CULTURAL ITEMS ARE IN THEIR
COLLECTIONS. SOME OF THESE
CAMPUSES HAVE NO IDEA WHAT
THEY'RE DEALING WITH. THERE
COULD BE THOUSANDS MORE. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU, MR RAMOS. UH LET
ME ASK THEM FURTHER QUESTIONS
ABOUT THAT. AND WHAT? WHAT IS
OBVIOUS THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN
STATED AT THE BEGINNING IS UM,
AUDITS ARE ABOUT FACTS AND NOT
ABOUT OPINIONS. UM AND THE FACTS
IN THIS CASE SPEAKS PRETTY
LOUDLY AND CLEARLY ABOUT THE
LACK OF WORK DONE TO RESPECT
FEDERAL AND STATE LAW. AND SO WE
ARE FOCUSED ON ON THE FACTS. AND
ON MAKING SURE THAT THOSE GET
ADDRESSED AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE
HAVING THIS HEARING TODAY.
THAT'S WHY THE AUDIT WAS
REQUESTED, AND THAT'S WHY, AS
WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE AUDITOR,
WE WILL HAVE FOLLOW UP AT LEAST
ON AN ANNUAL BASIS TO ENSURE
THAT THERE IS PROGRESS. UM BUT I
WANT TO SEE IF PERHAPS THERE IS
A LITTLE BIT OF A UM OF RAY OF
HOPE AND ALL OF THIS REALLY
UNFORTUNATE FINDINGS THAT THAT
YOU CAME ACROSS AND WHEN I ASKED
TO SEE IF YOU WERE ANY OF THE
CAMPUSES, PARTICULARLY AS IT
RELATES TO THE 12 ONLY 12 THAT
HAVE COMPLETED UM THE ONES THAT
HAVE NOT COMPLETED WAS THERE ANY
INDICATION THAT THEY WERE ON A
PATHWAY? TO COMPLETION AS IT
RELATES TO THE ACCOUNTING OF
ARTIFACTS AND REMAINS. YEAH SURE
, BECAUSE WE VISITED SACRAMENTO
STATE, AND THEY ARE STILL IN THE
PROCESS OF INVENTORY THEIR
COLLECTIONS. I CAN SPEAK TO THEM
MOST. ACCURATELY THEY NOW HAVE
THE FUNDING THAT THEY NEED. THEY
BELIEVE THEY HAVE SUFFICIENT
FUNDING AND HAVE IDENTIFIED IT
TO FUND THE POSITIONS NECESSARY
TO GO THROUGH THE COLLECTIONS,
UH, TO CONSULT WITH THE TRIBES
THAT ARE AFFILIATED WITH THOSE
COLLECTIONS AND TO RETURN THEM.
YES THERE IS HOPE AND SACRAMENTO
IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT. THANK
YOU. AND WHAT ABOUT ON THE ISSUE
OF THE COMMITTEES AT THE CAMPUS
LEVEL? THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A
MIXED BAG. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT
. THE CAMPUSES DO HAVE
COMMITTEES THAT OVERSEE THE
REPATRIATION OF THEIR REMAINS
AND CULTURAL ITEMS, AND THAT
INCLUDES REVIEWING THE CLAIMS
THAT ARE SUBMITTED BY THE TRIBES
TO MAKE SURE THAT THE REMAINS
AND CULTURAL ITEMS ARE RETURNED
IN A TIMELY MANNER. ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT WE BELIEVE IS OF
CRITICAL IMPORTANCE IS THAT THE
COMMITTEES HAVE INDEPENDENT
TRIBAL PERSPECTIVE ON EACH OF
THEIR COMMITTEES. THIS MEANS A
MEMBER FROM A TRIBE WHO IS NOT
AFFILIATED. WITH THE UNIVERSITY
SERVING ON THAT CAMPUS COMMITTEE
. THAT'S ROOM. THAT'S WHERE A
LOT OF ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT
EXISTS, AND SO AGAIN A LOT OF
WORK TO DO AS IT RELATES TO
HAVING AN ESTABLISHING CAMPUS
COMMITTEES, ESPECIALLY THOSE
WITH TRIBAL PERSPECTIVE, THAT'S
INDEPENDENT. WHAT ABOUT ON THE
FUNDING FRONT FOR THE PERSONNEL
THAT'S NEEDED IN ORDER TO
ACCOMPLISH THIS. YES SO ONE OF
OUR RECOMMENDATIONS WAS
ESSENTIALLY THE CSU SYSTEM NEEDS
TO FIGURE OUT HOW IT'S GOING TO
FUND ITS EFFORTS. CLEARLY MORE
EFFORT NEEDS TO BE DONE. UM, ONE
OF THE THINGS THAT YOU KNOW I
WAS PERUSING BEFORE, YOU KNOW,
COMING TO THIS COMMITTEE TODAY,
AS I BELIEVE THE UNIVERSITY HAS
IDENTIFIED PUBLICLY THAT IT HAS
OVER $700 MILLION IN RESERVE FOR
ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTIES. IT'S UP
TO THE CSU SYSTEM AS A WHOLE IN
THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE TO
DECIDE HOW BEST TO USE THAT
MONEY, BUT ONE OPTION MIGHT BE
TO USE SOME OF THAT TO HELP
FULLY FUND A COMPLETE NAQURA AND
CAL NAACP PROGRAM. APPRECIATE
THAT. I ASKED THOSE QUESTIONS
JUST IN PREPARATION FOR THE NEXT
PANEL, WHICH WILL BE AH, THE
FOLKS RESPONSIBLE FOR
IMPLEMENTING THESE AND GIVES ME
GOOD PERSPECTIVES. I APPRECIATE
THAT. UH YEAH, OUR VICE CHAIR OF
OUR JOINT LIST OF ARCTIC
COMMITTEE, SENATOR BLAKE SPEAR.
THANK YOU. I DON'T WANT TO CUT
IN LINE IF YOU HAD SOMEBODY ELSE
WHO WAS OKAY, THANK YOU. UM, I
APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION THAT
WAS PROVIDED TODAY AS WELL AS
WHAT'S IN THIS REPORT, AND I
WOULD ASK THESE QUESTIONS OF THE
CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE. BUT I SEE
THAT THEY'RE NOT SCHEDULED HERE
TO BE, UH, SPEAKING TO US, SO
I'LL ASK YOU IF YOU HAVE HAD
POSITIVE RESPONSES TO THE
FOLLOWING THINGS THAT WERE IN
THE REPORT. SO IT SAYS IN HERE
THAT THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE
PLANS TO WAIT UNTIL THE
APPOINTMENT OF A NEW CHANCELLOR
, WHICH IT ANTICIPATES OCCURRING
IN JULY OF 2023 BEFORE TAKING
ADDITIONAL STEPS TO INCREASE ITS
OVERSIGHT OF CAMPUS REPATRIATION
ACTIVITY. CAN CAN YOU ADDRESS
THAT? PLEASE? BECAUSE THAT WAS
LAST MONTH. ABOUT SO ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT WE'VE, I THINK
OBTAINED RECENTLY FROM THE CSU
IS THERE 60 DAY RESPONSE TO THE
AUDIT AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
WE'RE SEEING IN THEIR 60 DAY
RESPONSES. WE'RE BEGINNING TO
HEAR ABOUT DRAFT POLICIES BEING
CREATED. THERE ARE SOME OTHER
INITIATIVES THAT ARE UNDERWAY,
BUT NOTHING HAS BEEN FINALIZED.
EVERYTHING IS STILL PENDING. SO
I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH
THE IMPRESSION THAT ABSOLUTELY
NO WORK IS HAPPENING UNTIL THE
NEW CHANCELLOR TOOK OFFICE. BUT
WE'RE NOT YET IN THE POSITION TO
SAY THAT ANY OF OUR
RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE GOTTEN
CLOSE TO FULL IMPLEMENTATION,
HOWEVER, AS NOTED IN THE
CHANCELLOR'S AND THE CSU'S
RESPONSE TO THE AUDIT, THEY SEEM
TO BE YOU KNOW, ACCEPTING OF OUR
RECOMMENDATIONS. LARA. I DIDN'T
KNOW IF YOU HAD FURTHER COMMENTS
ON THAT. NO THE ONLY OTHER THING
THAT I MIGHT ACTUALLY ADD IS
THAT THEY DO HAVE PLANNED DATES
OF IMPLEMENTATION FOR EACH OF
THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE MADE
OF WHICH WE MADE EIGHT. MOST OF
THESE PLANNED DATES OF
IMPLEMENTATION ARE DECEMBER 23
THROUGH ABOUT JUNE 2024. SO IT
IS STILL OUT IN THE FUTURE THAT
THEY WILL BE IMPLEMENTING A
RECOMMENDATION AND IS OF NOTE
THE CHANCELLOR. THE FUTURE
CHANCELLOR IS SUPPOSED TO BE
STARTING ON OCTOBER 1ST AND SO
HOPEFULLY WITH HER LEADERSHIP,
UH THEY CAN PRIORITIZE THESE
RECOMMENDATIONS AND IMPLEMENT
THEM IN A TIMELY MANNER. OKAY
THANK YOU. YES I JUST LIKE TO
HIGHLIGHT THIS ADDITIONAL DATE
OF DECEMBER 2023 BECAUSE THAT IS
A FEW SHORT MONTHS AWAY SO THAT
THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE SHOULD
BY DECEMBER, 2023 FORMALIZED ITS
ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE, SUCH
AS BY ASSIGNING A POSITION
WITHIN ITS OFFICE, THE
RESPONSIBILITY OF DIRECTLY
OVERSEEING THE WORK. SO I WANTED
TO JUST HIGHLIGHT THAT DATE
BECAUSE STARTING IN OCTOBER,
HOPEFULLY THERE'S AN EFFORT TO
FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THAT. THAT
DATES COMING RIGHT UP. YES THAT
IS OUR HOPE, AND TO THE EXTENT
THAT THEY'RE NOT SUCCESSFUL,
THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE WOULD
BE REPORTING ON ON OUR CONTINUAL
UPDATES ON THE IMPLEMENTATION
STATUS OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS.
OKAY, GREAT. THANKS VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MADAM VICE
CHAIR. OTHER QUESTIONS FROM
COMMITTEE MEMBERS. SOME MEMBER
MATHIS. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR JUST
JUST QUICKLY. YOU'VE GIVEN THE
RECOMMENDATIONS. WE'RE STARTING
TO SEE MOVEMENT. WE'RE STARTING
TO SEE TALK. WE'RE WE'RE HEARING
THE CHANCELLOR SAY, OKAY, WE'RE
GOING TO FOLLOW SUIT, BUT BUT
FOR ALL OF US UP HERE WE HAVE TO
ACTUALLY WRITE THE POLICY TO
HOLD THEIR FEET TO THE FIRE.
WITH THE TOOLS THAT WE HAVE IN
FRONT OF US. WHAT ARE SOME
SUGGESTIONS THAT YOU SEE AS BEST
TOOLS? THAT WE COULD USE TO MAKE
SURE THAT THEY DO FOLLOW THE
RECOMMENDATIONS. OR THE
LEGISLATURE HAS THE POWER TO
APPROPRIATE APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO
THE CSU. AND TO THE EXTENT THAT
YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY'RE
MAKING ADEQUATE PROGRESS IN
IMPLEMENTING OUR RECOMMENDATIONS
, THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU
TO HOLD BUDGET HEARINGS OR HOLD
ADDITIONAL OVERSIGHT HEARINGS OR
TO WITHHOLD OR REDUCE THE AMOUNT
OF APPROPRIATION THAT YOU
PROVIDED THE CSU SYSTEM EACH
YEAR. AND ALSO I WOULD SAY THAT
IF I WAS A MEMBER, AND I WAS
HEARING THE UNIVERSITY SAY WE
CAN'T AFFORD IT. I WOULD BE
ASKING SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY
DO YOU THINK THAT IS ESPECIALLY
GIVEN THE RESERVES THAT YOU
HAVE? UM SO I THINK THERE'S A
VARIETY OF TOOLS THAT YOU HAVE,
BUT PRIMARILY, IT'S THE FUNDING
. IT'S THE BUDGET THAT GOES TO
CSU, AND THAT'S YOUR PRIMARY
LEVER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO
MEMBER, SENATOR CRT. THANK YOU
FOR PROVIDING US WITH THE AUDIT
TODAY. AND SPEAKING OF THIS, AND
YOU KNOW, I HEAR A LOT OF THE
BLAME GOING ONTO THE CSU SYSTEM
ARE THEIR LACK OF, UM ACTION ON
THIS. BUT REALLY WHAT I'M ALSO
SEEING IS THAT AND IT'S NOT THE
FAULT OF ANYBODY HERE. YOU KNOW,
WE'VE HAD A LEGISLATURE WHO'S
KNOWN THAT THEY PUT SOMETHING IN
PLACE 30 YEARS AGO. HAVE THERE
BEEN ANY EFFORTS WITHIN THE 1ST
10 YEARS OR THE 1ST 15 YEARS? TO
ADDRESS WHAT WAS HAPPENING WITH
A PROGRAM THAT WE PUT IN 30 SOME
ODD YEARS AGO BECAUSE I KNOW
THERE'S BEEN SOME EFFORTS ON THE
PART OF PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT
WERE AFFECTED THE TRIBES THAT
WERE AFFECTED TO HAVE THIS
ADDRESS, BUT IT NEVER GOT
ADDRESSED. SO AS MUCH AS THIS
MIGHT BE A FAILURE OF THE CSU
SYSTEM. IT'S ALSO FAILURE OF THE
LEGISLATIVE BODY NOT TO FOLLOW
UP. ON YET ANOTHER PIECE OF
LEGISLATION THAT THEY PUT IN
PLACE WOULD YOU SAY THAT'S A
FAIR STATEMENT? I THINK SOME OF
THE FOLLOW UP AS YOU PUT IT
COMES FROM LEGISLATIVE AUDITS
LIKE THIS THAT ALLOWS YOU TO SEE
WHAT THE STATUS OF THE
COLLECTIONS ARE. ANOTHER PIECE
OF THE STORY THAT I THINK CAME
OUT FOR US DURING THE AUDIT IS
WHEN NAGRA AND CAL MAG PRO OR
MUCH EARLIER ON IN THEIR LIFE
CYCLE. WE SAW CAMPUSES TRYING TO
FIGURE IT OUT TRYING TO REQUEST
GUIDANCE FROM SOMEWHERE
CONSISTENT APPROACHES, AND
UNFORTUNATELY AT THAT TIME PRIOR
ADMINISTRATION IN THE
CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE, THEY
DECIDED NOT TO PROVIDE THAT
LEVEL OF OVERSIGHT AND GUIDANCE
. I THINK IF THE CSU SYSTEM WAS
BETTER POSITIONED ALL THOSE
YEARS AGO WHERE EVERYBODY WAS
MARCHING UNDER THE SAME RULES.
AND THEY WERE HAVING DISCUSSIONS
THAT HOPEFULLY WE'RE HAVING NOW
ABOUT NOT JUST WHAT THE RULES
ARE. BUT HOW ARE WE GOING TO PAY
FOR IT? HOW ROBUST OF A SYSTEM
ARE WE GOING TO BUILD? I THINK
THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THE
DISCUSSIONS THAT NEEDED TO
HAPPEN MUCH EARLIER IN THE
PROCESS, AND THAT'S HOPEFULLY
WHAT THE CSU IS ABOUT TO EMBARK
ON NOW, BUT I WOULDN'T WANT TO
LEAVE YOU WITH THE IMPRESSION
THAT CAMPUSES WEREN'T TRYING TO
DO ANYTHING. I THINK A LOT OF
CAMPUSES WERE TRYING TO COME TO
THE TABLE AND GETS CSU.
CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE MORE ON
BOARD AND THE LEADERSHIP ROLE.
BUT IT'S STILL UP TO THE
LEGISLATURE TO MAKE SURE THEY
FOLLOW UP. ON AND MAYBE SOONER
THAN 30 YEARS LATER, SURE. I'M
GLAD THAT WE'RE DOING THIS
BECAUSE REALLY, WHAT THIS IS
ABOUT IS TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE GO
FROM HERE FORWARD AND GET IT
DONE AND MUCH MORE EXPEDITIOUS
MANNER, AND I'M HOPING THAT WE
GET OUT OF THIS COMMITTEE. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. AND THAT IS THE
WORK. CERTAINLY OF THIS
COMMITTEE APPRECIATE THOSE
QUESTIONS. REMEMBER RUBIO TO MR
SER ACTORS. SENATOR SERRI
ARTICLES POINT, THOUGH. UM I
THINK IT'S BUREAUCRACY AT ITS
BEST, UM, NUMBER ONE, AND I
APPRECIATE THAT THE C S U. S
HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIX IT. BUT
ALSO WE WENT THROUGH 30 YEARS
OF, UH, TERM LIMIT. OF WHERE
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S WERE HERE FOR
SIX YEARS. SENATORS WERE HERE
FOR EIGHT AND, UM YOU KNOW, I
THINK THE I DON'T THINK IT WAS
INTENTIONAL BY THE LEGISLATURE
NOT TO FOLLOW UP. BUT THAT'S WHY
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT, UM, NOW
THAT WE HAVE ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
RAMOS LEADING THE CHARGE AND A
BUNCH OF OUR COLLEAGUES, MAKING
SURE THAT WE DO PRIORITIZE SOME
OF THESE ISSUES IS IMPORTANT. UM
BUT I ALSO HAVE HOPE NOW THAT
THE NEW CHANCELLORS BEING SEATED
THAT. THE ORGANIZATION IS
DIFFERENT. UM I HAVE A SAYING
THAT HOPE IS NOT A STRATEGY, UM
, USUALLY ESPECIALLY IN
TEACHING, BUT THE LEGISLATURE
NOW BEING INVOLVED, AS WELL AS
THE NEW CHANCELLOR BEING
ACTIVATED IN THIS ISSUE BECAUSE
OF THE AUDIT, I THINK MIGHT BE
FINALLY WHAT WHAT CAN HELP MOVE
THIS THESE ISSUES FORWARD, SO I
REALLY APPRECIATE THE CANDID
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT EVERYBODY'S
RESPONSIBILITY, NOT JUST BLAMING
IT ON THE ISSUES ARE BLAMING IT
ON THE LEGISLATURE. I THINK
WE'RE ALL EQUALLY RESPONSIBLE
FOR THIS. AND I THINK, UM, TO MR
THE CHAIRMAN'S, UH, CHAIRMAN
ALVAREZ IS POINT. THAT'S WHY
WE'RE HAVING THESE, UM MEETINGS
AND ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S RAMOS
PUSHING ON ALL OF US
COLLECTIVELY PUSHING WALKING,
GET US THERE. SO THANK YOU FOR
THAT. BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, UH,
THE NURSERY ART, SO WE WILL TAKE
RESPONSIBILITY, BUT WE ALSO HAVE
TO LOOK TO THE SEA SUS TO TAKE
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE LACK OF
ACTION. AND I THINK THAT'S WHY
WE'RE HERE. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU. SO MANY WOMAN, RUBIO.
SENATOR LAIRD. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH, MR CHAIR. I'M HERE TODAY
BECAUSE I'M A MEMBER OF J LOCK,
BUT I ALSO CHAIR THE SENATE
BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEE ON
EDUCATION. AND I JUST IN
RESPONSE TO THE EXCHANGE HERE,
UM I'M CONFIDENT WILL FOLLOW UP
AND I'M CONFIDENT WHERE WITH
THIS IN THE ITEMS THAT WE WANT
TO LOOK AT NEXT YEAR, ONE
COMMENT. ABOUT CSU AND THEIR
BUDGET IN ANY OF YOU THAT WE'RE
ON THE SENATE BUDGET HEARING. IN
OUR LAST HEARING. I POINTED OUT
THAT OF THE THREE SEGMENTS OF
HIGHER EDUCATION. I THINK
THEY'RE THE ONE RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S MOST CHALLENGED FISCALLY.
THEY HAVE LABOR CONTRACTS COMING
UP. THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO
KEEP UP WITH INFLATION, MUCH
LESS THE SALARY STUDIES ON THE
LABOR CONTRACTS AND THEY'RE
REALLY CHALLENGED AND IT IS
GOING TO BE UP TO US TO SEPARATE
FROM THIS ISSUE HERE TO MAKE
SURE THEY HAVE ADEQUATE
RESOURCES JUST TO OPERATE NEVER
LOOKING AT TUITION RIGHT NOW,
WHICH IS PAINFUL FOR ALL OF US
TO HAVE CONSTITUENTS GOING TO
SEE US. YOU THE DIFFERENCE ABOUT
THIS IS. IS IT? I THINK THIS
INVOLVES ONE TIME EXPENDITURES.
AND WHILE THE CSU PROBLEM IS
REALLY AN ONGOING THING, THIS IS
THE OPPORTUNITY. TO DO SOME
APPROPRIATION THAT ADDRESSES
THIS SINGULARLY AND PRIORITIZES
IT. AND SO I THINK THAT I'M NOT
LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR'S
BUDGET, PARTICULARLY BECAUSE IF
WE HAVE ANOTHER YEAR LIKE THIS
ONE, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A
PLEASANT EXPERIENCE FOR ALL OF
US TO GO TO, BUT I JUST THINK WE
WILL HAVE THIS ON THE TABLE AND
SENATOR CGRTS COMMENT ON. THIS
IS SOMETHING WE WILL HAVE TO
BRING UP EVERY SINGLE HEARING
EVERY SINGLE YEAR UNTIL THE
PRESSURE IS FELT, AND THERE'S
PROGRESS MADE, AND I ALWAYS
PEOPLE. ADVISE ME ON OR QUESTION
ME FOR ADVICE ON HIRING
LOBBYISTS AND ONE THING I WOULD
SAY TO THEM IS LEGISLATURE ISN'T
HERE FRIDAY. HAVE A STANDING
MEETING ON FRIDAY, AND THEY WILL
ALL HUSTLE UH, BY THE TIME WE
LEAVE ON THURSDAY BEFORE FRIDAY
TO MAKE SURE THEY'VE DONE STUFF
AND HAVE THE ABILITY TO REPORT
IF WE DO THE SAME THING IN
EDUCATION HEARINGS ON THIS
SUBJECT, THEY WILL KNOW THAT
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PRESENT
REGULARLY, AND THEY WILL HAVE TO
HAVE SOME UPDATE THAT SHOWS
PROGRESS. AND SO WHAT'S
INSTITUTIONALIZING IT THAT WAY?
IT WILL BE ONE OF THE BEST
FOLLOW UPS TO THIS ORDER. THANKS
FOR THE SENATOR. MAKE A COMMENT.
REMEMBER PHªN. THANK YOU, SARAH
ALVAREZ. THANK YOU FOR THE
REALLY WEIRD BUST PRESENTATION
HERE TODAY AND AS WE HEARD FROM
DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATIONS, A
SYSTEM WIDE COMMITTEE. WE HEARD
DIFFERENT NUMBERS ON THE STATE
OF 70% AND MANY CAMPUSES AT 0 1.
AND WHEN WE LOOK AT THE SYSTEM,
WIDE GUIDANCE AND OVERSIGHT TO
THE 23 CAMPUSES, WITH THE NEW
CHANCELLOR, STARTING SOON. IN
ADDITION TO THE SYSTEM WIDE
COMMITTEE AND LIAISONS AND THE
BUDGET REQUEST. WHAT ARE SOME
OTHER? APPROACHES OR
RECOMMENDATIONS, YOU THINK AND
DISTANCE THE ONES THEY LISTED
THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO PERSON
TO EXPEDITE THIS PROCESS. I
THINK BEYOND POLICIES, ANOTHER
THING THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN AT
THE CSU CAMPUSES AS THE STAFF ON
THE GROUND REALLY NEED TO BE
TRAINED AND EDUCATED ON WHAT THE
REQUIREMENTS ARE. UM AND SO I
WOULD START THERE. IT'S NOT JUST
THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE OR THE
CSU IS A WHOLE PUTTING POLICIES
TOGETHER AND JUST SAYING THAT
YOU'RE DONE. I THINK EQUALLY
IMPORTANT PART OF THIS IS MAKING
SURE THAT THERE'S A TRAINING
PROGRAM FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE
IN THE ANTHROPOLOGY DEPARTMENT
WHO ARE IN THE MUSEUM WHO ARE
THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HOLDING THE
KEYS WERE THE BOXES OF ITEMS ARE
STORED AND SECURED. THAT THEY
UNDERSTAND WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS
ARE, AND THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT
THE PROCESS IS TO, UM BECAUSE
JUST PUTTING SOMETHING ON PAPER
AND SAYING YOU HAVE A POLICY
ISN'T GOING TO GET IT DONE. IT'S
GOING TO REQUIRE PEOPLE TO
ACTUALLY INTERNALIZE AND
UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT EXPECTATION
IS. THANK YOU. SOME MEMBER WOULD
. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU AGAIN
FOR THE AUDIT AND THE ANY
INFORMATION I AS I SAID, SITTING
HERE AND THINKING ABOUT
MENTIONED THE CAL STATE. UH
POLITI, CAL POLY, HUMBLE AND
MENTIONING YOU MENTIONED AND SEE
IT IN WRITING HERE THAT THEY
THEY SAY ONE OF THE REASONS I
HAVEN'T DONE. THIS IS A LACK OF
FUNDING. SO I'M REFLECTING TO
WHAT SENATOR LAIRD HAS SAID, IS
THIS A LACK OF DEDICATED FUNDING
FOR THIS IS THIS A IS THIS A
LACK OF UNIVERSITY FUNDING OR A
LACK OF PRIORITY? OBVIOUSLY SOME
AREAS ARE GOING TO HAVE
POTENTIALLY MORE OF THESE
REMAINS WITH THEM, AND SO NOT
EVERY CAMPUS IS GOING TO HAVE
IT'S NOT PROPORTIONAL, OBVIOUSLY
, AND THEN SOME CAMPUSES HAVE
MORE OF A CAPACITY FOR LOOKING
AT THESE REMAINS. FOR EXAMPLE,
CAL STATE CHICO THAT HAS A
FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGISTS AND
OTHERS SO IS IT MEANT TO BE
DEDICATED FUNDING OR IS THIS A
IS THIS A MEASURE OF A LOCAL OF
AN OVERALL LACK OF FUNDING FOR
THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM, OR I
GUESS WE GO BACK TO THE LACK OF
LEADERSHIP. I THINK STEP ONE IS
FOR THE CAMPUSES IN THE CSU TO
DETERMINE HOW MUCH IS THIS GOING
TO COST? AND THEN GET INTO
DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHERE IS THE
FUNDING COMING FROM IS THIS
STUFF THAT WE CAN ABSORB? IS IT
A REQUEST? WE HAVE TO GO TO THE
LEGISLATURE FOR WHAT'S THE TIME
HORIZON FOR REPATRIATING ALL
THESE THINGS? DO WE NEED FUNDING
OVER THREE YEARS OVER FIVE
YEARS? CAN WE DO IT IN ONE YEAR?
THOSE ARE QUESTIONS THAT OUR
RECOMMENDATION LEAVES TO THE
CSU. TO FIGURE OUT BECAUSE
THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE
CLOSEST TO IT AND OUR BEST
POSITION TO UNDERSTAND WHAT
THEIR RESOURCES ARE, BUT, OF
COURSE, IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME
OVERSIGHT, AS SENATOR LAIRD WAS
SPEAKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF
MAKING SURE THAT, UM YOU ARE
HOLDING CSU ACCOUNTABLE IN
BUDGET DISCUSSIONS TO MAKE SURE
YOU DO SEE PROGRESS ON THE
REPATRIATION HAPPENING AND
ASKING THOSE QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW
MUCH ARE YOU INVESTING IN THIS
ACTIVITY? CSU AND WHY DO YOU
THINK IT'S ENOUGH? AND I'M
LOOKING AT? YOU'VE ONLY IT WAS
6% WHEN THE AUDIT WENT OUT, AND
NOW IT'S ONLY 12% SO SHOULDN'T
YOU BE INVESTING MORE? AND WHY
AREN'T YOU THOSE ARE THE KINDS
OF QUESTIONS THAT I WOULD EXPECT
THE LEGISLATURE TO BE ASKING
DURING THESE BUDGET HEARINGS.
THANK YOU. UM I ALSO WANT TO
NOTE THAT THERE WILL BE A 60 DAY
RESPONSE FROM CSU, WHICH WE HAVE
NOT SEEN YET. BUT I KNOW YOU
REFERENCE TO IT. AND I THINK
THAT LAST POINT YOU MADE REALLY
GETS TO WHERE I THINK WE NEED TO
BE. WHICH IS WHAT IS THE PLAN?
WHAT IS THE TIMELINE? I KNOW YOU
REFERENCE THE TIMELINE DECEMBER
OF THIS YEAR THROUGH JUNE OF
NEXT YEAR. DOES THAT MEAN
IMPLEMENTING EVERYTHING, SO I
THINK WE'LL HAVE TO SEE THAT AND
WE'LL ASK THOSE QUESTIONS OF THE
NEXT PANEL AS WELL. UM SO LEAVE
THAT QUESTION TO THEM, UH, MR
RAMOS TO MAKE OUR FINAL REMARKS
AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE
NEXT CHANNEL. I JUST WANT TO
THANK THE AUDITORS FOR YOUR HARD
WORK AND STARTING WITH THE èC
SYSTEMS, WHERE WE HAD SEVERAL
HEARINGS HERE IN THE STATE
LEGISLATURE, HOLDING THEM
ACCOUNTABLE FOR POLICIES THAT
WERE INSTITUTED. UM, AND DURING
THOSE HEARINGS, WE WOULD HAVE
HOPED THAT THE CAL STATE
UNIVERSITIES WOULD HAVE SEEN
THAT AND TO KEEP IT AND STARTED
TO MOVE FORWARD IN THAT PROCESS
. NOW IT TOOK AN AUDIT OF THE
CAL STATE UNIVERSITIES TO BRING
US TO THE TABLE HERE TODAY, SO
THERE HAS BEEN ONGOING HEARINGS
OF HOLDING PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE
FOR POLICIES AND LAWS MOVING
FORWARD AND I WANT TO THANK YOU
FOR YOUR HARD WORK ON THE COW
STATE UNIVERSITY'S AUDIT AND
WITH THAT SAID, IT'S REALLY, UM
TO BRING TO THE AWARENESS OF THE
COMMUNITY COLLEGES THAT THEY SEE
THESE HEARINGS GOING ON. THEY
SHOULD TAKE HEED AND START TO
LOOK AT THEIR, UM REMAINS AND
REPATRIATION ITEMS THAT NEED TO
BE REPATRIATED BACK TO TRIBES.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR HARD
WORK. AGAIN THANK YOU, MR PARKS
. THANK YOU, MISS CARNEY FOR
YOUR WORK ON THIS, AND I'M SURE
WE'LL BE HEARING MORE FROM YOU.
IN THE FUTURE. WE WILL MOVE ON
TO OUR NEXT PANEL. WE HAVE, UM.
SIX INDIVIDUALS REPRESENTING, UH
, FIVE OF THEM REPRESENTING
UNIVERSITIES, AND WE ALSO HAVE
THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE
NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE
COMMISSION. I'D ASK YOU TO OUR
POLICE THAT FORWARD AND TAKE ONE
OF THE SEATS HERE. AND WE'RE
GOING TO START WITH THE
TESTIMONY FROM SYLVIA ALVA, THE
INTERIM PRESIDENT OF CALIFORNIA
STATE UNIVERSITY, FULLERTON.
FOLLOWED BY A MERE. SYRIAN
PROVOSTS OF CSU FULLERTON. STEVE
PEREZ, PRESIDENT OF CSU, CHICO.
ME MING TONG, MIKE LEE.
PRESIDENT OF SONOMA STATE, AND
LUKE WOULD PRESIDENT OF CSU,
SACRAMENTO. SO WE'RE GOING THAT
ORDER I WILL ASK IF YOU CAN KEEP
YOUR REMARKS TO THREE MINUTES
AND I WILL SET MY TIMER AND THEN
JUST LET YOU KNOW. WHEN IT'S
TIME TO CONCLUDE YOUR REMARKS,
SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING
HERE AND WE'LL START WITH MISS
ALVA. GOOD MORNING CHAIR
ALVAREZ. CHAIR ROB THOSE MEMBERS
OF THE COMMITTEE AND TRIBAL
REPRESENTATIVES. THANK YOU FOR
THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH
YOU TODAY. ALONG WITH MY
UNIVERSITY COLLEAGUES REGARDING
THE CALIFORNIA STATE
UNIVERSITY'S COMMITMENT. 24 AND
TIMELY COMPLIANCE WITH THE
NATIVE AMERICAN GRAVES.
PROTECTION AND REPATRIATION ACT.
KNOWN AS NAG PRA. AND IN THE
STATE COUNTERPART, CAL MAG BRAH.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, THE CSU
WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR
UNIVERSITIES SITS ON THE
TERRITORY OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
PAST AND PRESENT WHO HAVE
STEWARDED THIS LAND THROUGHOUT
GENERATIONS. I AM DOCTOR, SYLVIA
ALVA. AND I HAVE HAD THE
PRIVILEGE OF SERVING AS
EXECUTIVE VICE CHANCELLOR FOR
ACADEMIC AND STUDENT AFFAIRS AT
THE OFFICE OF THE CHANCELLOR.
FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS. BEFORE
BECOMING INTERIM PRESIDENT AT
CAL STATE FULLERTON THIS MONTH.
I'M JOINED TODAY BY PRESIDENT DR
LUKE WOULD DR MIKE LEE. DR STEVE
PEREZ. PROVOST AMIR DEBERRY IN
WHO WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL
DETAILS ON IMMEDIATE ACTIONS AT
THE UNIVERSITY LEVEL. AS I BEGIN
MY REMARKS I WISH TO EXTEND THE
REGRETS OF CSU INTERIM CHANCER
JOLENE KESTER. WHO INTENDED TO
BE WITH US TODAY. BUT
REGRETTABLY HAD TO ADDRESS A
FAMILY MEDICAL ISSUE. THAT COULD
NOT BE AVOIDED. SHE HAS ASKED ME
TO RELAY HER DEEPEST RESPECT AND
REGARDS AND TO SPEAK ON BEHALF.
OF THE CSU CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE.
TODAY I REPRESENT THE CSU. NOT
ONLY AS A FIRST GENERATION
GRADUATE OF THE CSU BUT AS A
FACULTY MEMBER, DEAN AND
UNIVERSITY LEADER. FOR MORE THAN
30. DECADES SORRY, 30 YEARS,
THREE DECADES FEELS LIKE A LONG
TIME. I HAVE PROUDLY SERVED
THREE CALIFORNIA STATE
UNIVERSITIES, FULLERTON.
NORTHRIDGE AND POMONA. AND I'VE
DEVOTED MY ENTIRE PROFESSIONAL
CAREER. TO EMPOWERING STUDENTS
OF ALL BACKGROUNDS TO ACHIEVE
FULFILLING AND IMPACTFUL ROLES
IN THEIR WORKFORCE AND
COMMUNITY. AND TO SERVE AS
AGENTS AND LEADERS OF POSITIVE
CHANGE. IN MY MOST RECENT ROLE
AS EXECUTIVE VICE CHANCELLOR. I
HAD THE DUTY AND HONOR OF
HELPING OUR UNIVERSITIES
ADVANCED ACTIONS TO COMPLY WITH
NAGRA AND CAL NHÀ COBRA. AS WELL
AS TO ENSURE COMPREHENSIVE AND
TIMELY RESPONSE TO THE STATE
AUDIT. ALLOW ME TO CLEARLY
DIRECTLY AND HUMBLY STATE THAT
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY
FULLY ACCEPTS. THE FINDINGS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE AUDIT.
THIS IS MUCH MORE THAN
ADMINISTRATIVE OR LEGAL
REQUIREMENT FOR US. OUR
UNIVERSITY IS DEDICATED TO
RESPECTING AND HONORING. NATIVE
TRIBES. AND TO FOSTERING
AMICABLE AND PRODUCTIVE
RELATIONSHIPS. AND MEANINGFUL
CONSULTATION ON REPATRIATION.
AND OTHER ISSUES IN THE FUTURE.
WITHOUT QUESTION. WE HAVE FALLEN
SHORT. THIS YEAR'S YOU MUST DO
BETTER. NOT ONLY TO QUICKLY AND
REVERENTLY RETURN REMAINS AND
ARTIFACTS THAT HAVE BEEN HOUSED
ON OUR UNIVERSITIES FOR FAR TOO
LONG. BUT TWO MORE PURPOSEFULLY
DEMONSTRATE OUR ALLIANCE WITH
CALIFORNIA'S NATIVE TRIBES AND
TO EARN AND STRENGTHEN AND YOUR
TRUST. WE FULLY GRAPHS. THAT
REPATRIATION IS A JUST AND
SACRED ACT. THEIR RETURNS THE
ANCESTORS AND LOVED ONES TO
THEIR RIGHTFUL HOMES. AND TO
THEIR FAMILIES. AND WE RECOGNIZE
THAT THE CULTURAL ITEMS THAT
HAVE BEEN IN OUR POSSESSION ARE
IRREPLACEABLE LINKS TO THE RICH
HISTORIES AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF
CALIFORNIA'S NATIVE TRIBES, AS
WELL AS TANGIBLE TREASURES THAT
HELP KEEP THOSE VIBRANT CULTURES
ALIVE. BUT AS THE ARCTIC CLEARLY
DETAILS OUR UNIVERSITIES HAVE
LACKED THE POLICIES. DEDICATED
FUNDING AND STAFF REQUIRED FOR
FULL AND TIMELY REPATRIATION. AS
WELL AS THE SYSTEM LEVEL
OVERSIGHT. NEEDED TO EFFECTIVELY
ADVANCED PROGRESS. TO REMEDY
THIS. WE ARE HOLDING OURSELVES
ACCOUNTABLE. FOR IMMEDIATE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AUDITS,
RECOMMENDATIONS. TO THIS END. I
AM PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT DR
TOMAS MORALES PRESIDENT OF
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, SAN
BERNARDINO. FOR THE PAST DECADE.
HAS AGREED TO SERVE AS THE
PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR. TO THE
CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE TO ENSURE
COMPLIANCE WITH NAGRA AND CAL
NIAGARA PRESIDENT MORALES IS
WITH US TODAY. AND IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NATIVE
AMERICAN HERITAGE COMMISSION.
THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE WILL
ALSO ESTABLISHED A SYSTEM WIDE
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. TRIBAL AND
UNIVERSITY REPRESENTATION BY
DECEMBER, 2023. THIS COMMITTEE
WILL COORDINATE APPROPRIATE
CONSULTATION WITH CALIFORNIA
TRIBES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A
SYSTEM WIDE POLICY AND
PROCEDURES. AS WELL AS SYSTEM
WIDE TRAINING FOR FACULTY STAFF
AND CAMPUS LEADERS ON CULTURAL
SENSITIVITY AND THE NECESSITY
AND APPROPRIATE METHODOLOGIES
FOR REPATRIATION. WILL REQUIRE
EACH OF OUR UNIVERSITIES WITH
100 OR MORE SETS OF REMAINS, OR
CULTURAL ITEMS TO ESTABLISH IN
AGRA COMMITTEE. AND TO HAVE A
FULL TIME EXPERIENCED
REPATRIATION COORDINATOR ON
STAFF BY JILL OF 2024. THROUGH
MEANINGFUL, TIMELY DISCUSSIONS
WITH LOCAL TRIBES REGARDING
RESPECTFUL AND REVERENTIAL
PROTOCOLS FOR HANDLING AND
IDENTIFYING REMAINS IN CULTURAL
ITEMS. ALL CALIFORNIA STATE
UNIVERSITIES WILL IMMEDIATELY
LAUNCH A FULL REVIEW OF THEIR
COLLECTIONS. AND. COMPLETE THIS
INVENTORY BY DECEMBER OF 2024.
TO PROVIDE FOR THE MOST
EFFICIENT STEWARDSHIP OF
GOVERNMENT FUNDING. THE CSU WILL
SEEK OUT GRANTS AND MASTER
CONTRACT AGREEMENTS WITH OTHER
STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES SUCH
AS CALTRANS. THE BUREAU OF LAND
MANAGEMENT. AND THE ARMY CORPS
OF ENGINEERS. TO COORDINATE AND
EXPEDITE SIMILAR REPATRIATION
EFFORTS. AND GOING FORWARD, WILL
SUBMIT A COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL
REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE. ON
THE CSU SYSTEM WIDE PROGRESS IN
THESE MATTERS. ALVAREZ IF YOU
COULD CLOSE, PLEASE. THANK YOU.
ALVAREZ CHAIR RAMOS AND MEMBERS
OF THE COMMITTEE. YOU HAVE MY
PLEDGE THAT THE CSU'S
CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE WILL TAKE
URGENT ACTION TO ENSURE
COMPLIANCE. THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS YOU THIS
AFTERNOON. NOW I'D LIKE TO
INTRODUCE DR AMIR DEWBERRY IN
THE PROVOST AT CAL STATE
FULLERTON. DR ROBERT. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. UM THAT WAS WELL OVER
THE THREE MINUTES, BUT YOU WERE
PROVIDING VERY DIRECT
INFORMATION THAT THAT WAS REALLY
PIVOTAL TO PIVOTAL TO THE
COMMITTEE. SO I APPRECIATE THAT
. I'D ASKED THE OTHERS IF WE
COULD TRY TO NOT REPEAT
OBVIOUSLY WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN
SAID AND PROVIDE NEW TESTIMONY
IN YOUR TIME. SO THANK YOU, DR.
UH SIBERIAN, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
GOOD MORNING. THIS IS WORKING.
GOOD MORNING CHAIR ALVAREZ AND
MEMBER OF THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE
AUDIT COMMITTEE. AND CHAIR ON
THIS AND MEMBERS OF SELECTED
COMMITTEE ON NATIVE AMERICAN
AFFAIRS. MY NAME IS AMIR
BARBARIAN, AND I HAD THE HONOR
OF SERVING AS A PROVOST AT
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY,
FULLERTON SINCE MARCH OF THIS
YEAR. I AM THE CAMPUS HEAD
DESIGNEE FOR NIAGARA AND CAL.
KNACK PROBABLY DIRECT OVERSIGHT
OF THE PROJECT SINCE JUNE, 2023.
AND WITH ME TODAY IS MEGAN
LONSKI, WHO IS THE CAMPUS
REPATRIATION COORDINATOR.
CHELSEA FULLERTON. BEHOLD
OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE AND TO DO
SO PROPERLY. WE MUST ACKNOWLEDGE
WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE ARE.
VERY WARM AND WHERE WE ARE
TODAY, AS WELL AS HOTELS IF
WILTON PLANS TO MOVE FORWARD I'M
HERE TODAY. JUST NOT JUST TO
DEMONSTRATE OUR COMPLIANCE WITH
THE STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS. BUT
TO EXPRESS OUR DEEP APPRECIATION
FOR THE SPREAD OF WHY WE NEED TO
DO THIS WORK AND HOW WE BUILD
CORRECT OR PAST MISTAKES.
CALCIUM FULLERTON UNDERSTAND THE
IMPORTANCE OF CALIFORNIA STATE
AUDIT AND WE APPRECIATE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TO SHARE
WITH THE COMMITTEE, OUR ULTIMATE
GOAL AND PROGRESS TO REPATRIATE
ANCESTRAL REMAINS, AND THEN
THEIR POSSESSIONS AND OTHER
CULTURAL ITEMS WITH OUR DEEPEST
COMMITMENT TO DO SO SWIFTLY AND
RESPECTFULLY. CAL STATE
FULLERTON IS THE ONLY
CALIFORNIA'S UNIVERSITY. THE
GOAL TO BECOME THE SITE OF
PERMANENT RESEARCH COLLECTION OF
ORANGE COUNTY ARCHAEOLOGY. AS A
RESULT, CAL SUPPORT AND A LARGE
COLLECTION ACKNOWLEDGE
ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS AND
ACCEPTANCE OF PRIVATE DONATIONS.
CAROLYN CARLSON MARTIN HOUSES
OVER 3500 ARCHIVAL BOXES
COLLECTION THAT MADE UP
MATERIALS FROM APPROXIMATELY 274
SITES AND DONATIONS. THESE
COLLECTIONS DO INCLUDE ANCESTRAL
REMAINS WITH AT LEAST 210 TO
2013 ANCESTORS HOUSE AT CSUN,
INCLUDING 40 HOUSE ON CAMPUS BY
LOAN AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE
AND FEDERAL AGENCIES. THERE ARE
100 AND 34 BOXES CAN BE
IDENTIFIED BY TRIBAL MEMBERS AS
HOLDING CULTURAL SENSITIVE
ITEMS. CAL SUPPORTED IS ENGAGED
IN RETURNING THOSE SENSITIVE
CULTURAL ITEMS AND ANSWERS TO
REMAIN. WE ARE COMMITTED. Tð
CONTAINING TO IMPLEMENT OUR PLAN
FOR COMPLETE REPATRIATIONS AND
RECOGNIZE THAT THIS WORK MUST BE
DONE. WE GUIDANCE WITH OUR
TRIBAL PARTNERS. IN TERMS OF THE
TIMELINES. IT'S 3 TO 5 YEARS
ESTIMATED GOAL IS ANTICIPATED
FOR CAMPUS IS SIGNIFICANTLY
REDUCED THE SIZE OF COLLECTION
WITH ANSWER REMAINS AS OUR
PRIORITY. WE EXPECT TO
RESPECTFULLY TO RETURN THE
REMAINS OF 13 ANCESTORS, BUT END
OF DECEMBER 2023. THIS PROCESS
REQUIRES AND DESERVES DEDICATED
STAFF HAVING A FULL TIME
REPUTATION COORDINATOR AS WELL
AS SUPPORT STAFF MADE TO PROVIDE
FOR OUR CAMPUS DO NOT ONLY
INITIATE MORE. CONSULTATION BUT
TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS FOR TRUST
BETWEEN OUR UNIVERSITY AND
TRIBAL REPRESENTATIVES. I WOULD
LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU THE MOST
RECENT ON AUGUST 4TH 2023
CALCIUM FULLERTON RETURNED THE
REMAINS OF AN ANCESTOR FROM
KINGS COUNTY MEMBERS OF
AFFILIATED TRIBAL VISITED OUR
UNIVERSITY TO TAKE POSSESSION OF
OUR ANCESTORS WHO HAD BEEN
SEPARATED FROM HER. RESTING
PLACE FOR OVER 53 YEARS. WE ARE
INVITED TO OBSERVE AND
PARTICIPATE A BLESSING OF THE
ANCESTOR AND US IT WAS TRUE
PRIVILEGED TO SHARE IN THE
BEAUTIFUL CEREMONY AND YOU WILL
HAVE A LONG LASTING IMPACT ON
EVERYONE PRESENT, INCLUDING
MYSELF. IT WAS SUCH A HUMBLING,
FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE TO SEE THE
PAIN AND TRAUMA CAUSED BY
INSTITUTIONAL ACTIONS AND OUR
OBLIGATION TO COMPLETE THIS
ESSENTIAL WORK. THIS WAS THE
FIRST SERVICE RACE CREATION
SINCE 1996 AND WHY THE SECOND IN
SCALA SUPPORT IN HISTORY. WE ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR PAST PRACTICES
AND HERE RESPONSIBILITY. OKAY ON
MORE. OF THIS PROCESS. AND WE
ARE. IMMEDIATELY TO DO SO.
WHAT'S RIGHT, WE DO WE ALSO
UNDERSTAND AS IT'S AS INDICATED
IN THE AUDIT. CALCIUM FULLERTON
WAS ONE OF THE CAMPUSES THAT DID
NOT ANY INACCURATELY CONSULT
WITH THE POTENTIAL AFFILIATED
TRIBES BEFORE REVIEWING THE
COLLECTION AND MISSED THE
DEADLINE TO SUBMIT INVENTORIES
TO NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE
COMMISSION. I'M HERE TO LET
MEMBERS THE COMMITTEE IS NOTE
THAT WE TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY
FOR THIS MISTAKES, AND WE NOW
TAKING NECESSARY STEPS TO MAKE
THINGS RIGHT. IN THE LAST 12
MONTHS. CAL SUPPORTING SINCE
TAKING THIS, TAKING THE
FOLLOWING STEPS, HIRING A FULL
TIME REFIT, AERATION,
COORDINATED AND A PART TIME
GRADUATE ASSISTANT AND WE ARE
RECRUITING A FULL TIME PROJECT
SPECIALIST COMPLETED THE BOX
LEVEL ACCOUNTING OF COLLECTION.
CAL SUPPORTING HAS INITIATED
CONSULTATION WITH APPROXIMATELY
50 TRIBES, AND WE CURRENTLY
HOLDING MONTHLY MEETING WITH
THEM. WE ARE YOU HAVE CONVENED,
CONVENED AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE
THAT INCLUDES INDEPENDENT TRIBAL
MEMBERS. WE HAVE THE DRAFTER,
THE CAMPUS WIDE REFRIGERATION
POLICY INPUT INDEPENDENT TRIBAL
MEMBERS OF THE ADVISORY
COMMITTEE TO ENSURE THE
CONTINUED AND CONSISTENCY OF THE
PROCEDURES AND INFLECTION OF THE
GUIDANCE PRINCIPLE FOR SOCIAL
JUSTICE. TO BE ACCOUNTABLE AND
TRANSPARENT. WE HAVE LAUNCH IT
UP TO THE PUBLIC WEBSITE TO MAKE
AVAILABLE ALL KNOWN COLLECTION
AND THEIR REPUTATION, STATUS AND
REFERENCES TO INVENTORIES AND WE
HAVE DIGITIZED OVER 15,000 PAGES
OF DOCUMENTS AND MADE RECORD
AVAILABLE THROUGH THE
CONSULTATION. SUBMITTED
INVENTORIES OF ALL SITES AND
KNOWN ANCESTOR TO N A. A C AND
WE ARE HIRING ADDITIONAL SUPPORT
STAFF TO PROTEST SUBMITTING TO
REMAIN THERE OF INVENTORIES AND
SOMEBODY'S QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
ALTHOUGH WE HAVE TAKEN SOME
STEPS FORWARD CAL SUPPORT AND
FULLY RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE
BEHIND THE DEADLINES AND THE
MANY OF THESE EFFORTS SHOULD
HAVE BEEN DONE SOONER. I AM HERE
ON BEHALF OF CALISTA FULLERTON
TO TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR
OUR MISTAKES AND MISSTEPS AND
COMMITTED TO DEDICATING
NECESSARY RESOURCES TO CREATE
EFFECTIVE PROCESS FOR HEALING
GOING FORWARD. I THANK YOU FOR
YOUR TIME AND LOOK FORWARD TO
YOUR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU,
DOCTOR DEMERY IN DR PEREZ. GOOD
MORNING CHAIR. ALVAREZ AND
MEMBERS OF THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE
AUDIT COMMITTEE AND JERRY RAMOS
AND MEMBERS OF THE SELECT
COMMITTEE ON NATIVE AMERICAN
AFFAIRS. THANK YOU FOR THE
INVITATION TO BE HERE TODAY. I'M
STEVE PEREZ AND I HAVE THE
PRIVILEGE OF SERVING AS THE
PRESIDENT AT CHICO STATE. THIS
IS MY FIRST CHANCE TO ADDRESS
ANY LEGISLATIVE BODY SINCE BEING
NAMED PRESIDENT OF CHICO STATE
ON JULY 1ST, AND IT'S MY
PLEASURE TO BE HERE. FIRST I
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT CHICO STATE HAS
BEEN OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH
NAGRA AND CAL NAGPUR FOR YEARS.
AND WOULD LIKE TO APOLOGIZE TO
ALL TRIBES AND INDIVIDUALS WHO
CONTINUE TO WAIT FOR THE
REPATRIATION OF THEIR ANCESTORS
AND CULTURAL ITEMS. JOINING ME
FROM CHICO STATE, OR RACHEL
MCBRIDE PRETORIUS, DIRECTOR OF
THE OFFICE OF TRIBAL RELATIONS
AND DON REVEL IN SKI, CULTURAL
ARTIFACT SPECIALISTS WITHIN THE
OFFICE OF TRIBAL RELATIONS. AS
THE STATE AUDIT NOTED, THOUGH
NOT YET IN COMPLIANCE. THE
UNIVERSITY HAS COMPLETED THE
VERY LARGE TASK OF REVIEWING ITS
COLLECTION OF MORE THAN 147,000
CULTURAL ITEMS, OF WHICH 2612
ARE ESTIMATED TO BE HUMAN
REMAINS. THE AUDIT. ALSO THE
AUDIT ALSO NOTED THAT QUOTE
CHICO STATE EXPECTS TO REPEAT
REPATRIATE A LARGE PORTION OF
ITS COLLECTION SOON. END QUOTE.
I'M HAPPY TO REPORT TODAY THAT
WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS
OF DOING THAT. AS OF THIS
MORNING, 532 ANCESTORS AND
87,935 CULTURAL BELONGINGS ARE
CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF
BEING LEGALLY TRANSFERRED TO THE
CONSORTIUM OF TRIBES THAT WE
HAVE BEEN IN CONSULTATION WITH.
THIS IS THE SECOND LARGEST
REPATRIATION TO BE COMPLETED IN
THE HISTORY OF NIAGARA. WE ARE
GRATEFUL FOR THE DETAILED
ANALYSIS OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE
AUDITOR'S REPORT AND THE
THOROUGH APPROACH OF THE STATE
AUDITORS WITH THESE FINDINGS AS
THE AUDIT DETAILED, THERE ARE
MANY CHALLENGES UNIVERSITIES
HAVE FACED IN FULLY COMPLYING
WITH NAGRA AND CAL NIAGARA
BECAUSE OF THE SHEER SIZE OF OUR
COLLECTION. IT HAS BEEN A LABOR
INTENSIVE PROCESS TO GET TO THIS
POINT. IT IS HEARTENING TO
FINALLY BE ABLE TO SHOW SOME
REAL PROGRESS. REGARDLESS OF
WHATEVER CHALLENGES EXIST. WE
ARE C¢M. MHM COMMITTED TO
CONTINUING THIS PROGRESS. CHICO
STATE IS CURRENTLY CONSULTING
WITH EIGHT FEDERALLY AND NON
FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBES, AND
WE'LL INITIATE CONSULTATION WITH
ADDITIONAL TRIBES WHOSE
ANCESTORS AND CULTURAL ITEMS ARE
IN THE POSSESSION AND LEGAL
CONTROL OF THE UNIVERSITY. THE
ODDS. AUDIT ALSO RECOMMENDED
SEVERAL BEST PRACTICES THAT
CHICO STATE EITHER ALREADY HAD
IN PLACE SUCH AS A FULL TIME ON
SITE REPATRIATION COORDINATOR
DEDICATED TO MANAGING THIS
PROCESS AS WELL AS
RECOMMENDATIONS WE HAVE
IMPLEMENTED SINCE THE AUDIT WAS
PUBLISHED, INCLUDING PUBLISHING
A DEDICATED CAL MAG PER WEBSITE
FOR TRANSPARENCY. AND A CLEAR
PATHWAY TO CONNECT WITH TRIBES.
ALSO SINCE THE AUDIT, WE HAVE
FORMED A WORKGROUP WITH THE
UNIVERSITY'S ANTHROPOLOGY
DEPARTMENT AND ARE WORKING ON
UPDATING OUR POLICIES. THAT
PROCESS INVOLVES WORKING WITH
TRIBAL REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE
CONSORTIUM OF TRIBES REGARDING
THESE IMPORTANT UPDATES. CHICO
STATE ALSO RECENTLY ADDRESSED
CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE STORAGE
CONCERNS BY RETROFITTING A
CLASSROOM OF AND OFFICE SPACE TO
APPROPRIATELY HOUSED ANCESTORS
AND CULTURAL BELONGINGS. THE
MOVE TO THE CULTURALLY SENSITIVE
STORAGE SPACE WAS IN
CONSULTATION WITH TRIBES AND IS
SECURE WITH LIMITED ACCESS. WE
ARE NOT YET IN COMPLIANCE,
HOWEVER, IS NOT BECAUSE THE
UNIVERSITY IS NOT PRIORITIZED
THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS ACT. NOR
IS IT BECAUSE WE DON'T BELIEVE
REPATRIATION OF HUMAN REMAINS
AND ASSOCIATED FUNEREAL THROUGH
THEIR RE FUNERARY. OBJECTS TO
THEIR LINEAL DESCENDANTS IS A
CRITICAL HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUE FOR
NATIVE AMERICAN PEOPLE. WE
ABSOLUTELY DO BELIEVE THAT
RATHER. FOR CHICO STATE. THE
BIGGEST CHALLENGE TO COMPLIANCE
HAS BEEN THE LACK OF ACCURATE
DOCUMENTATION FOR MANY SITES,
WHICH IS EXACERBATED BY THE
UTILIZATION OF DIFFERING
NUMBERING SYSTEMS OVER TIME.
THIS IS SLOWED THE PROCESS
CONSIDERABLY AND CREATES
OBSTACLES AND CORRELATING HOW
ITEMS HAVE BEEN LABELED WITH
THEIR ASSOCIATED RECORDS,
DETERMINING LEGAL STATUS AND
PHYSICALLY LOCATING ANCESTORS
AND CULTURAL ITEMS ACROSS
INSTITUTIONS. WE HAVE ALSO
OVERCOME CHALLENGES THAT FIELD
NOTES AND INVENTORIES HAVE BEEN
PREVIOUSLY CONDUCTED AND HAVE
FOUND TO BE INCOMPLETE OR
INACCURATE, WHICH COULD CREATE
DELAYS IN INITIATING TRIBAL
CONCENTRATE CONSULTATION. TO
GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE SCOPE OF
THIS PROJECT AND IN SOME SENSE
WHETHER THIS IS A ONE TIME
EXPENDITURE AND ONGOING
EXPENDITURE, THE CURRENT
REPATRIATION PROGRESS THAT WE'RE
ABOUT TO COMPLETE HAS TAKEN MORE
THAN THREE YEARS AND THAT IS
WITH LOCAL TRIBES. AS WE MOVE
FORWARD. WE ARE CONSULTING WITH
TRIBES OUT OF THE AREA.
ADDITIONALLY DURING THIS TIME,
MORE COLLECTIONS HAVE BEEN
LOCATED. EVEN BY CONSERVATIVE
ESTIMATES. WE'RE LOOKING AT MANY
MORE YEARS OF FULL TIME WORK. I
DO NOT WANT THESE CLARIFICATIONS
TO SOUND LIKE EXCUSES. WE
UNDERSTAND WE CAN'T TRULY SAY WE
HONOR NATIVE COMMUNITIES UNTIL
WE HAVE FULLY COMPLIED WITH
NAGRA AND CAL NHÀ COBRA. WE KNOW
REPATRIATING TRIBAL ANCESTORS
REMAIN ANCESTRAL REMAINS AND
CULTURAL ITEMS IS AN ESSENTIAL
DEMONSTRATION OF THAT RESPECT,
AND IT MUST BE DONE IN A TIMELY
AND MEANINGFUL WAY THAT FOLLOWS
FULL FEDERAL AND STATE
GUIDELINES. AND WE ARE FULLY
COMMITTED TO THIS EFFORT. WE
LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO
MAKE PROGRESS ON OUR INVENTORY
THAT REMAINS AND SHARING THOSE
UPDATES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TIME. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. THANK YOU,
DR PEREZ AND NOW DR LEE FROM
SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY. GOOD
MORNING. CHERUB ARRESTS. RAMOS
CENTER OF UH, I AM MENTORING
MICHAELI. PRESIDENT OF CINEMA
STATE UNIVERSITY, AND IT'S A
PLEASURE TO BE HERE WITH YOU.
AND LET ME START BY SAYING THAT
WE DEFINITELY CAN DO BETTER. AND
WE WILL DO BETTER. HAS TOP NOTCH
SCHOLARS. IN ARCHAEOLOGY AND WHO
ARE MOST ETHICAL SKILL. AND
CONSERVANCIES PROFESSIONAL IN
THEIR FIELD. BUT. IMPROVEMENTS
MUST BE MADE WITH REGARD TO OUR
REPATRIATION PROCESSES AND
PRACTICE. THE COLLECTION OF
PROCESSION HAS COME TO US FROM
VARIETY OF SOURCES.
ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROJECT LED BY
STORM MUST. THEY ARE ONLY A VERY
SMALL PORTION. STAY IN FEDERAL
AGENCIES, PRIVATE DEVELOPERS AND
OTHER ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS
SUBMIT COLLECTIONS TO ASK FOR
CURATION. MOST HAVE BEEN CREATED
AS A RESULT, ENVIRONMENTAL AND
CULTURAL HERITAGE LAWS. FOR THE
PAST DECADES. ALSO, WE HAVE BEEN
THE ONLY FACILITY IN THE REGION
ACCEPTING NEW COLLECTIONS. AND
WITHOUT OUR CREATION SERVERS
THAT COULD END UP IN PRIVATE
OFFICE STORAGE FACILITY AND
ORDER UNREGULATED LOCATIONS
WITHOUT THE CARE AND ATTENTION
THAT THEY DESERVE. AND THOUGHT
REVIEW IS NOT COMPLETE. OF ALL
OUR COLLECTION. WE HAVE MADE
SIGNIFICANT STRIKES IN
COMPLIANCE WAS REPRIEVED
REPATRIATION LAWS. FIRST OF ALL,
AS DIRECTED BY A B 2 70 FI WE
HAVE SUBMITTED TO THE NHC
SUMMARIES AND INVENTORY OF ALL
KNOWN COLLECTIONS WITHIN OUR
HOLDINGS THAT CONTAIN POTENTIAL
NATIVE COUNTRY FOREIGN CULTURAL
ITEMS. SECOND WE HAVE CONTACTED
141 TRIBAL REPRESENTATIVES FROM
114 DIFFERENT TRIBAL COMMUNITIES
. THIS INCLUDES ALL CONTEXT
UNDER THIS PROVIDED TO US BY THE
N H. D. WE HAVE RECEIVED SO FAR
18 RESPONSES AND HAVE CONDUCTED
14 CONSULTATION MEETINGS. SINCE
THE PASSAGE OF FEDERAL NEGRA IN
1990 S S U HAS REPATRIATED IN
SUCH ROAD REMAINS IN ITEMS FROM
17 COLLECTIONS TOTALLY REMAIN OF
AT LEAST 168 INDIVIDUALS IN 1077
CULTURAL ITEMS. AND IN ADDITION
TO WORKING TOWARD REPATRIATION
OF COLLECTIONS CURRENTLY
UNDERSTAND MISTAKE CONTROL. AS
SUCH, YOU STEP, ASSISTANT ARTIST
, STATE AND LOCAL AGENCIES,
INCLUDING CULTURE AND CAL STATE,
EAST BAY WAS THEIR OWN DEBORAH
AND COMPLAINTS WORK. CLEARLY
MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE. WE HAVE
THE EXPERTISE TO DO THIS RIGHT
AND WE HAVE A PLAN FOR IT. FIRST
OF ALL WE HAVE BEGAN ENHANCING
OUR CAMPUS NECK PROP COMEDIAN,
MEMBERS OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN
COMMUNITY FOR TRIBAL
REPRESENTATION. SECOND YEAR. WE
HAVE POSTED LAST FRIDAY. A FULL
TIME NEGRA. COORDINATING MANAGER
AND WE ARE VERY OPTIMISTIC. WE
WILL HAVE SOMEBODY ON BOARD
VERY, VERY SHORTLY. WE ALSO HAVE
A FULL TIME TRIBAL AREAS ON IN
ADDITION TO RETURN IN THE
TECHNICAL STEP FOR CURRENTLY
WORKING ON OUR COLLECTION. SIR
WE ARE CREATING A BUDGET THAT
INCLUDE FUNDING FOR BOTH SS, YOU
STEP POSITIONS, OPERATING
EXPENSES IN FUNDING FOR TRIBES,
INCLUDING HONORARIUM FOR
PARTICIPATION IN THE NETWORK
COMMITTEE. WE'RE NOT PERMITTING
ANY RESEARCH ON POTENTIAL NATIVE
AMERICAN CULTURAL ITEMS WITHOUT
WITHIN OUR HOLDING WITHOUT
EXPRESS PERMISSION FROM
APPROPRIATE TRIBES. SO MOST
TRIBES ARE FIELDING DOZENS OF
REPATRIATE CONSULTATION
REQUESTS. LIKE OUR OWN. IF WE
TRULY WANT TO MAKE PROGRESS
TOWARD RETURNING CULTURAL ITEMS.
TO OUR CUNNING 40 IN INDIAN
COMMUNITIES. WE WILL NEED TO
PRIORITIZE THIS WORK ON MULTIPLE
LEVELS. WE ALSO LOOK FORWARD. TO
CONTINUING WORK. CLOSELY WITH
TRIBES. AS FOR PATRIOT
REPATRIATION IN IT'S POSSIBLE
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO ACHIEVE
WITHOUT THEIR ROBUST INPUT. S S
YOU WELL, INSISTED THEY COULD
EAT WAR WAS ALL TRIBES AND HAS
NO INTEREST. NO INTEREST
WHATSOEVER IN RETAINING
PROCESSION OF ANY CULTURAL ITEMS
TO WHICH THE TRIBE MAKES A CLAIM
AGAIN. I THANK YOU FOR INVITING
CIROMA STATE TO APPEAR TODAY I'M
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU. DR. LEE APPRECIATE
YOUR TESTIMONY. NEXT WE HAVE
DOCTOR WOULD PRESIDENT FROM CSU
, SACRAMENTO. CONGRATULATIONS ON
YOUR NAME IS PRESIDENT. PLEASE
PROCEED. THANK YOU AND GOOD
MORNING CHAIR ALVAREZ AND SARAH
RAMOS. AND MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE ON BEHALF OF
SACRAMENTO STATE. THANK YOU FOR
THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK BEFORE
YOU TODAY ON THIS CRITICAL
TOPIC. MY NAME IS LUKE WOULD AND
I SERVE AS THE NEWLY APPOINTED
PRESIDENT OF SACRAMENTO STATE.
I'M COMMITTED, ALONG WITH MY
COLLEAGUES TO ACHIEVING TIMELY
AND APPROPRIATE COMPLIANCE WITH
CAL MAG OPERA. UH, AND THAT,
BRO. I REPRESENT SACRAMENTO
STATES 31,000 STUDENTS IN
APPROXIMATELY 3000 FACULTY STAFF
AND ADMINISTRATORS. PRIOR TO
SERVING A SACK STATES PRESIDENT
WAS DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR AND
ADMINISTRATOR AT SAN DIEGO STATE
FOR 12 YEARS. I'M ALSO DEDICATED
TO CREATING A STRONG
RELATIONSHIP WITH SOVEREIGN
TRIBAL NATIONS OF THE SACRAMENTO
REGION. AS AN AUDIT REVEALED
THERE'S MUCH MORE THAT WE MUST
DO TO ENSURE THAT OUR COMMITMENT
TO THE REPATRIATION PROCESS IS
FULFILLED. WE DO HAVE ONGOING
DIALOGUE AND REGULAR
CONSULTATION WITH THE SOVEREIGN
TRAVEL NATIONS OF CALIFORNIA,
INCLUDING THROUGH OUR CAMPUS,
KNACK FOR ROUND TABLES.
CURRENTLY THREE EXTERNAL TRAVEL
REPRESENTATIVES HAVE BEEN SEATED
ON THE CAMPUS NAGRA ADVISORY
COMMITTEE, INCLUDING
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SHINGLES
SPRINGS BAND OF INDIANS. UNITED
AUBURN INDIAN COMMUNITY. OKAY
WENT TO NATION. BUT THAT IS NOT
ENOUGH. WE'VE HAD ADMINISTRATIVE
AND RESOURCE RESOURCE
SHORTCOMINGS FOR FAR TOO LONG.
AND WE OWE THE SOVEREIGN TRIBAL
NATIONS OF CALIFORNIA A SINCERE
AND HUMBLE APOLOGY FOR HOW LONG
THEY HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR
REPATRIATION FOR THEIR ANCESTORS
AND CULTURAL ITEMS. IS
UNACCEPTABLE. IT IS
DISHEARTENING AND IT WILL BE
CHANGED. WE ARE COMMITTED TO
WORKING WITH OUR TRIBAL PARTNERS
SO THAT WE CAN BRING HOME THEIR
ANCESTORS, FUNERARY ITEMS AND
CULTURAL OBJECTS THAT HOUSED IN
OUR CAMPUS FOR FAR TOO LONG.
UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF OUR CAMPUS
NAGRA ADVISORY COMMITTEE. WE
HAVE BEGUN TO WORK ON INTERIM
PROCEDURES. IMPORTANTLY WE HAVE
RECENTLY ALLOCATED ADDITIONAL
FUNDS TO FOCUS ON REPATRIATION
WORK AND TO PROVIDE TRIBAL
ASSISTANCE IN OUR REGION TO DATE
, ROUGHLY 73 73% OF ALL
ANCESTORS AND 49% OF ALL CATALOG
ENTRIES UNDER THE UNIVERSITY'S
CONTROL HAVE BEEN CLAIMED BY
TRAVEL NATION AND WILL LIKELY BE
REPATRIATED WITHIN THE COMING
YEAR. THIS YEAR. OUR CAMPUS HAS
PUBLISHED AN ADDITIONAL 12
NOTICES IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER
, WITH ANOTHER FOUR TO BE SOON
PUBLISHED. ADDITIONALLY WE HAVE
FINALIZED THESE INVENTORIES AND
SUMMARIES WITH THE NATIVE
AMERICAN HERITAGE COMMISSION.
FOR COMPARISON, SACRAMENTO STATE
PUBLISHED 19 NOTICES IN THE
FEDERAL REGISTER BETWEEN 2005
AND 2021. THERE'S 10 FOLD
INCREASE IS LARGELY OWED TO A B
2 75. WEDNESDAY, IS ACTUALLY
CONSULTING WITH TRAVEL PARTNERS
ON OVER 90% OF OUR COLLECTIONS
WERE DEEPLY COMMITTED TO
RESPECTFUL AND TIMELY
REPATRIATION WHILE ENGAGING
MEANINGFULLY WITH OUR TRIBAL
PARTNERS. OUR CAMPUS TAKES
SERIOUSLY THE CRITICAL
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE STATE
AUDITS AND IS WORKING TO ENSURE
COMPLIANCE IS MET. WE TAKE FULL
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE FALSE
IDENTIFIED WITHIN THE AUDIT AND
AS RECOMMENDED IN THE AUDIT, WE
ARE DEDICATING NECESSARY
RESOURCES TO CREATE AN ACTIVE
PROCESS FOR HEALING. AS WE
ADVANCE. WE LOOK FORWARD TO
CONTINUING OUR PROGRESS AND OUR
REMAINING INVENTORY AND SHARING
THOSE UPDATES. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU. DOCTOR WOULD LAST ON THIS
PANEL WILL HEAR FROM RAYMOND
HITCHCOCK, THE EXECUTIVE
SECRETARY OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN
HERITAGE COMMISSION. WELCOME.
THE CHICKS IS CHAIRMAN ALVAREZ,
CHAIRMAN RAMOS AND ESTEEMED
COMMITTEE MEMBERS. THAT'S
BETTER. I'M RAYMOND. SEE
HITCHCOCK. I'M OF ME WORKING
MISSION. I'M DESCENT. I'M AN
ENROLLED TRIBAL MEMBER OF WILTON
RANCHERIA. I'VE HAD THE HONOR.
PLEASURE TO SERVE MY TRIBE AS
TRIBAL CHAIRMAN AND NOW SERVE
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AS THE
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE
NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE
COMMISSION. THE STATE AUDITOR
REACHED OUT TO THE HERITAGE
COMMISSION DURING THE INITIAL
PHASE OF THE AUDIT TO GET OUR
PERSPECTIVE ON HOW THE
REPATRIATION PROCESS WAS GOING
REGARDING THE CSU SYSTEM. WE
SHARED SEVERAL INSTANCES OF
NONCOMPLIANCE, LACK OF TRIBAL
CONSULTATION. LACK OF CONSISTENT
POLICIES, LACK OF DEDICATING TO
PRIORITIZE THE RETURN OF
ANCESTRAL COLLECTIONS.
INAPPROPRIATE HANDLING OF THOSE
COLLECTIONS HELD AT CALIFORNIA
STATE UNIVERSITIES WITHOUT
PROPER TRIBAL CONSULTATION AND
INPUT, AS OUTLINED IN THE BABY
TO 75 CAL KNACK FOR STATUTE. WE
ALSO BROUGHT UP THE NOW INFAMOUS
CASE OF SANTA'S DAYS, A
UNIVERSITY INVOLVING PROFESSOR
WEISS AND INAPPROPRIATE HANDLING
OF ANCESTRY RANGE, WHICH
TRIGGERED A RESPONSE FROM THE
NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE
COMMISSION AND THE GREATER
TRIBAL COMMUNITY. ALL
INSTITUTIONS WHO HOUSE ANCESTRAL
COLLECTIONS AND ARE SUBJECT TO
CAL NAKBA SHOULD TAKE THIS VERY
SERIOUSLY. YOU'VE HAD MORE THAN
30 YEARS TO COMPLY. WITH NAGRA
AT LEAST 20 YEARS WITH CAL MAG
PRA AND NOW THREE YEARS WHEN 82
75 WAS ENACTED, FURTHER
STRENGTHENING KALACHAKRA AND
STILL, THEY'RE FAR TOO MANY
VIOLATIONS AND CLEAR DISREGARD
FOR THE PROCESS THAT'S OUTLINED.
THIS CONTINUED LACK OF
COMPLIANCE PROLONGS THE TRAUMA
AND EMOTIONAL PAIN. TRIBES FEEL
AND ARE GRIM REMINDER OF OUR
HISTORY OF GENOCIDE THAT'S
SHAPED THIS STATE AND THE
EVENTUAL DESECRATION OF SO MANY
SACRED SITES AND BURIAL GROUNDS
BY ARCHAEOLOGISTS AND UNIVERSITY
LED EXCAVATIONS WITHOUT ANY
REGARD TO TRIBAL FAMILIES THOSE
PERPETRATORS STOLE FROM THIS
POLICY OF NON COMPLIANCE NEEDS
TO FINALLY CEASE AND PROACTIVE
EFFORTS TO RETURN OUR ANCESTORS
NEED TO BE A PRIORITY. AS THE
SECRETARY OF THE HERITAGE
COMMISSION IS MY MISSION TO
CARRY OUT THE STATUTORY
REQUIREMENTS OUTLINED IN 2 75.
SINCE IT'S PASSING, THE HERITAGE
COMMISSION HAS CREATED A
COMPREHENSIVE REPORTING SYSTEM
FOR ALL INSTITUTIONS, INCLUDING
ALL SEE SUS WITH ANCESTRAL
COLLECTIONS TO REPORT THEM TO
COMMISSION BY APRIL OF 2022. YET
THERE ARE STILL SEVERAL
INSTITUTIONS, INCLUDING SOME SEE
SUS, WHO STILL HAVE NOT
COMPLIED. RECENTLY WE'VE MADE
MORE ROBUST CHANGES TO THAT
DIGITAL TRACKING SYSTEM TO HELP
BOTH TRIBES AND INSTITUTIONS
TRACK AND FOLLOW THE
REPATRIATION PROCESS OF OVER
17,000 COLLECTIONS THAT ARE
UPLOADED ON OUR DATABASE FROM
START TO FINISH. WE'RE IN THE
PROCESS OF DEVELOPING A
COMPREHENSIVE MEDIATION TRAINING
AND CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
SURROUNDING CONAGRA AND
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PRINCIPLES
TO ASSIST WITH DISPUTE
RESOLUTION AND MEDIATION WHEN
THEY ARE REQUIRED. WE'RE WORKING
TO CREATE BEST PRACTICES AND A
FLOW CHART TO LAY OUT IN A
SIMPLISTIC WAY. THE CAL NAGPUR
PROCESS FOR BOTH TRIBES AND
INSTITUTIONS TO FOLLOW AND WE'LL
BE UNVEILING THESE IN THE COMING
WEEKS. THESE WILL BE THE
PRECURSOR TO DRAFT CONAGRA
PROCESS REGULATIONS. THE
AUDITORS. DATA IS CLEAR. ONLY 6%
OF THE CSU COLLECTIONS SYSTEM
WIDE HAVE BEEN REPATRIATED.
AFTER THE RESULTS OF THE CSU
AUDIT WERE UNVEILED. WE
CONTACTED DR MILDRED GARCIA, THE
INCOMING CSU SYSTEM CHANCELLOR
TO SET UP A MEETING. DISCUSS
THESE SHORTCOMINGS AND SEE IF WE
COULD BE A RESOURCE TO HELP
CHANGE THE PARADIGM OF NOT
COMPLIANCE OF COLONIC, BRAH. SHE
RESPONDED IMMEDIATELY WANTING TO
MEET AS SOON AS SHE TAKES
OFFICE, THE FIRST OF OCTOBER. AN
EXCERPT OF HER RESPONSE ARE AS
FOLLOWS. I RESPECT AND I'M
HUMBLED BY THE GRAVITY OF THE
SITUATION AND TAKE THE
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE AUDIT
VERY SERIOUSLY. THE CALIFORNIA
STATE UNIVERSITY COMMITS TO WORK
CLOSELY WITH TRIBAL LEADERS. AND
IN RETURN ANCESTORS AND CULTURAL
ITEMS TO THE FIRST PEOPLE OF
CALIFORNIA AND BEYOND. IT'S NOT
ONLY A LEGAL DUTY BUT A MORAL
OBLIGATION. WE THE HERITAGE
COMMISSION INTEND TO HOLD
CHANCELLOR GARCIA TO HER WORDS
AS WE SPEAK. THE HERITAGE
COMMISSION IS ACTIVELY WORKING
ON CALLE NIAGARA ENFORCEMENT
REGULATIONS TO HAVE THE ABILITY
TO LEVY FINES AND PUNITIVE
DAMAGES WHEN INSTITUTIONS SUCH
AS THE CSU SYSTEM ARE
NONCOMPLIANT, DEFIANT OR JUST
PLAINLY DISREGARD THE PROCESS
OUTLINED WITHIN THE STATUTE. WE
CANNOT WAIT FOR ANOTHER LAW TO
BE PASSED TO HOLD THESE
INSTITUTIONS ACCOUNTABLE. EVERY
INSTITUTION AND THEIR RESPECTIVE
LEADERSHIP NEEDS TO ACTIVELY
STEP UP AND START MAKING
IMMEDIATE CHANGE. IT'S TIME TO
GET ALL OUR ANCESTORS ACCOUNTED
FOR, AND THESE INSTITUTIONS TO
DO THE HARD WORK AND TRIBAL
CONSULTATION TO GET OUR
ANCESTORS BACK HOME TO THE
TRIBES AND TRIBAL FAMILIES WHERE
THEY BELONG ONCE AND FOR ALL.
I'LL BE GLAD TO TAKE ANY
QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE
MEMBERS. KENYA CAMUS. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TESTIMONY.
APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. THANK
YOU ALL FOR YOUR TESTIMONY. WE
ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO
QUESTIONS QUESTIONS FROM OUR
MEMBERS OF EITHER COMMITTEE. UM,
MAYBE I'LL START WITH SOME
PERHAPS BASIC QUESTIONS. MAYBE
YOU CAN GIVE ME A BETTER
OVERVIEW. DR ALVA. THANK YOU FOR
BEING HERE ON BEHALF OF THE
CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE AND THE
SYSTEM. YOU PROVIDED AN OVERVIEW
ABOUT SOME OF THE STEPS THAT ARE
BEING TAKEN. UM I WANNA MAYBE
DIG A LITTLE BIT DEEPER INTO
THAT ISSUE AND TRY TO GET FROM
YOU AS MUCH AS YOU'RE ABLE TO
PROVIDE AT THIS TIME.
UNDERSTANDING THAT THE
CHANCELLOR WILL LIKELY PROVIDE
US MORE. WHEN SHE TAKES THE
POSITION IN OCTOBER. THE LET ME
LET ME ASK ABOUT THE AT THE
CAMPUS LEVEL FIRST, UM HAVE YOU?
HAVE YOU DONE A ANALYSIS SURVEY
OF ALL THE CAMPUSES IN TERMS OF
IDENTIFYING A COORDINATOR,
SOMEONE WHO WILL BE DIRECTLY
RESPONSIBLE? IS DOES THAT
INDIVIDUAL ALREADY HEARD THE
PROVOST TALK ABOUT THE CASE OF
FULLER 10? UM THAT THERE'S
SOMEONE THAT'S BEEN IDENTIFIED.
CAN YOU GIVE ME AN OVERVIEW? HOW
MANY OF THE CAMPUSES ARE IN THE
SAME SITUATION? THANK YOU. SO
THE AUDIT WAS EXTREMELY
COMPREHENSIVE AND VERY DETAILED
IN ITS ANALYSIS OF SYSTEM WAS
WELL AS CAMPUS. UM COMPLIANCE
WITH THE NAGRA POLICY. ONE OF
ITS RECOMMENDATIONS IS THAT WHEN
A UNIVERSITY OR A CAMPUS HAS 100
SETS OF HOLDINGS ARTIFACTS. THAT
THE RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THERE
SHOULD BE A FULL TIME
COORDINATOR AND WE SUPPORT THAT
RECOMMENDATION. AND AT THE TIME
OF THE AUDIT. 15 OF THE CSU
CAMPUSES, UM, NEEDED A FULL TIME
REPATRIATION COORDINATE USING
THAT 100 ARTIFACT METRIC MANY
HAD PART TIME OR FACULTY
INDIVIDUALS WITH
RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THIS ROLE.
AND WHAT WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS IS
COMPLIANCE WITH THE
RECOMMENDATION OF FULL TIME
REPATRIATION COORDINATOR FOR
THOSE CAMPUSES THAT HAVE, UM
MORE EXTENSIVE COLLECTIONS, SO
THERE IS WORK TO BE DONE ON THIS
FRONT. THIS REQUIRES BASED
DOLLARS. THESE ARE PERMANENT
POSITIONS WITH BENEFITS THAT
WILL NEED TO BE ADDED. TO THE
INVENTORIES AT EACH OF THE
UNIVERSITIES, 15 OF THEM
CURRENTLY AT THE PRINTING OF THE
AUDIT. DO YOU KNOW IF IN THE
ADOPTED BUDGET FOR THE
UNIVERSITY'S WHETHER THESE
POSITIONS WERE ALREADY INCLUDED
IN THERE? AH! SITE SPECIFIC
BUDGETS. SO I CAN SPEAK TO THE
PLAN MOVING FORWARD THE CSU
PLANS IN ITS 2024 BUDGET
REQUESTS. TO INCLUDE A BUDGET
REQUEST TO SUPPORT CAL, NIAGARA
AND NAGRA REPATRIATION
ACTIVITIES AND EFFORTS. OKAY SO
THE 2023 24 ADOPTED BUDGET FROM,
UM. THERE WERE CURRENTLY
OPERATING UNDER 24 BY RIGHT? MY
QUESTION IS, THOUGH THE CURRENT
BUDGET THAT WE ARE IN FISCAL
YEAR 23 24 UH, DOES NOT INCLUDE
NECESSARILY INCLUDE UM, AND
APPROVED. MEMBER OF PERSONNEL.
AT EVERY CAMPUS. TODAY BUT YOU
ARE ANTICIPATING THAT FOR THE
NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, IT WILL SO
15 15 OF THE UNIVERSITY'S SITES
STILL DO NOT HAVE A FULL TIME
COORDINATOR. AS OF THE PRINTING
OF THE OF THE AUDIT. AND DO YOU
KNOW AS OF TODAY WHAT? WHERE
THAT STANDS. WE ARE PRETTY CLOSE
TO THAT SOME CAMPUSES ARE MAKING
CONCERTED EFFORTS TO ADD THESE
STAFF MEMBERS. THESE REQUIRE
NATIONAL RECRUITMENT AND FINDING
PEOPLE. WITH THE EXPERIENCE AND
THE CULTURAL SENSITIVITY AND
UNDERSTANDING OF THIS IMPORTANT
WORK. THAT'S ALSO VERY TECHNICAL
. LET ME ASK PRESIDENT. UM UH AT
FULLERTON FULLERTON. DID YOU, UM
. YOUR COORDINATOR THAT IS THAT
SOMEONE THAT WAS JUST BROUGHT ON
OR IS THAT SOMEONE THAT YOU HAD
ALREADY PREVIOUSLY? PREVIOUSLY
THE AUDIT? IT'S BEEN ONE YEAR
SINCE OUR COORDINATORS IN PLACE
FULL TIME SITUATION, ACCORDING
AND WE HAVE A PART TIME GRADUATE
ASSISTANCE AND VIOLENT PROCESS
OF HIRING AND ITS PROJECT
SPECIALIST TO WORK WITH HER. AND
YOU THINK THAT A COMBINATION OF
THOSE THREE INDIVIDUALS IS
SUFFICIENT TO ALLOW YOU TO
PROGRESS EXPEDITIOUSLY TO
REPATRIATE. AH REMAINS AND
ARTIFACTS. THAT IS OUR PLAN AT
THIS POINT, YES. X THANK THANK
YOU. THAT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE. UM,
BACK TO DR ALVA. HAVE WE DONE
THE SAME ASSESSMENT OF ON A
CAMPUS BY CAMPUS BASIS OF WHAT
IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE? SO THANK
YOU FOR YOUR LINE OF INQUIRY.
THE SYSTEM OFFICE AND THE
CAMPUSES ARE WORKING ON
COMPLETING, UM, FRAMEWORK CALLED
AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. THAT
WILL GET AT NOT JUST THE
PERSONNEL BUT ALSO THE OPERATING
COSTS AND THE REPATRIATION
RELATED INVESTMENTS THAT WILL
NEED TO BE MADE TO ENSURE THE
TIMELY RETURN OF THESE REMAINS
AND ARTIFACTS BACK TO THEIR
TRIBAL HOME. AND SO WE'RE IN
DIALOGUE TO DEVELOP THAT
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND
RECOGNIZE THAT THAT WORK NEEDS
TO BE CO CREATED. WITH THE
TRIBAL COMMUNITY AS WELL AS THE
NATIVE AMERICAN. HERITAGE
COMMISSION. SO THERE IS THERE IS
A UH, FRAMEWORK THERE'S AN
INTERIM POLICY. WHAT IS LACKING
CURRENTLY, AND THERE'S A
COMMITMENT TO COMPLETE. IS THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF A SYSTEM WIDE
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. AND WE
REMAIN COMMITTED TO THE GOAL IN
THE AUDIT OF A DECEMBER 2023
DATE TO CONSTITUTE AND BUILD OUT
THAT COMMITTEE THAT WILL BE
REALLY IMPORTANT IN REVIEWING
THESE DATA COLLECTION TOOLS TO
ENSURE THAT WE ARE GETTING FROM
THE 23 UNIVERSITIES OR NOT 23
THE 19 THAT HAVE COLLECTIONS.
ACCURATE ASSESSMENTS OF WHAT
KINDS OF INVESTMENTS. ARE NEEDED
TO REPATRIATE. AND THEN ONCE
THAT THOSE PLANS ARE LOOKED AT
AGGREGATED AND TOTAL ONE CAN
DETERMINE HOW MUCH OF THAT CAN
BE FUNDED USING CAMPUS DOLLARS
SYSTEM DOLLARS, AS WELL AS
POTENTIALLY NEW REQUEST FOR
ADDITIONAL FUNDING. I WANT TO
BETTER UNDERSTAND THE
IMPLEMENTATION PLANS. IT SEEMS
LIKE THIS IS WHERE THE FACTS OF
THIS AUDIT, WILL, UM LEAD TO A.
POLICIES PROCEDURES AND
IMPLEMENTATION AS AS YOU
PHRASED, IT WILL OCCUR TO. TO
ACTUALLY MEET THE INTENTION OF
THE LAW. I THINK THIS IS THE
WHOLE POINT OF THIS. HEARING
TODAY IS TO KNOW THAT AND I
CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO LEAVE
TODAY WITHOUT HAVING A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING. YOU'VE MENTIONED
THAT THERE WILL BE BUDGETARY
REQUEST FOR 24. BUT YOU'RE ALSO
WORKING ON THE IMPLEMENTATION
PLAN, WHICH IS GOING TO LEAD YOU
TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR NEEDS
ARE CAMPUS BY CAMPUS AND SYSTEM
WIDE AND SO I DON'T WANT TO GET
LOST AND YOU KNOW WHAT? WE HAVE
THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN IN TIME
FOR YOUR BUDGET REQUEST OR NOT,
GIVEN THAT BUDGET REQUESTS ARE
COMING IN NOW TO THE
ADMINISTRATION, UM IN THE BUDGET
IS ALREADY BEING DEVELOPED FOR
NEXT YEAR. AND THEN YOUR
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND YOUR
DECEMBER DATE THAT YOU MENTIONED
SO I JUST WANT TO BE MORE CLEAR
AS CLEAR AS CAN BE. AS TO WHERE
THIS IS ALL LEADING TO AND HOW
WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THE END
GOAL OF BEING MORE TIMELY. SO
THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. YOU
BELIEVE THAT WILL BE COMPLETED
BY WHEN YOU COME UP WITH A PLAN
SO WE ARE VAST CAMPUSES TO WORK
ON THAT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
THERE'S A FRAMEWORK CURRENTLY IN
PLACE. WE ARE LOOKING TO ENGAGE
WITH TRIBAL COMMUNITIES IN
POLICY AND IMPLEMENTATION
MATTERS. SO WE EXPECT THAT
GOVERNANCE, LEADERSHIP BODY TO
BE IN PLACE. BY THE END OF THIS
CALENDAR YEAR, FIRST OF THE YEAR
. IN THE MEANTIME, THE CAMPUSES
HAVE THAT FRAMEWORK AND ARE
USING IT AS A HEURISTIC. TO
START TO ASSESS THE SIZE AND THE
COMPLEXITY OF THEIR COLLECTIONS
AND TO ANTICIPATE WHAT ARE THE
COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH
REPATRIATING THOSE REMAINS. SO
WE'RE NOT WAITING FOR THOSE
COMMITTEES. WE ARE HONORING WHAT
IS IN THE LAW AND I THINK IS THE
RIGHTFUL ROLE OF THE CSU TO BE
WORKING HANDED HAND WITH TRIBAL
COMMUNITIES ARE ON BOTH POLICY
AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
POLICY, AND WE SEE THE FRAMEWORK
, THE IMPLEMENTATION FRAMEWORK
AS IMPORTANT ARTIFACT OF THAT
WORK. OKAY, LET ME ASK, UM YEAH,
THIS IS REALLY AN EFFORT. THAT
IS LEAST HAPPENED AT THE CAMPUS
EACH INDIVIDUAL CAMPUS. BUT AS
THE AUDIT POINTED OUT, AND I
THINK YOU'VE ACKNOWLEDGED IN
YOUR TESTIMONY, THE OVERSIGHT
AND THE RESPONSIBILITY REALLY
LIES WITH THE SYSTEM ITSELF, THE
CSU SYSTEM AND THE CHANCELLOR'S
OFFICE SO UM. FOR THAT TO HAPPEN
. WE DO NEED TO HAVE THE SITES
THAT INDIVIDUAL CAMPUSES BE
PREPARED. HAVE YOU AT THE HAS
THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE?
IDENTIFIED THE RESPONSIBLE.
INDIVIDUAL AT EACH CAMPUS AT
ALL. 21 CAMPUSES FOR NAG, PRA
AND COLIN ALGEBRA AND WHO'S
GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
ENSURING THAT THOSE TWO LAWS ARE
ACTUALLY FOLLOWED. WHAT YOU'RE
POINTING OUT IS IF WE COULD
BORROW THE FULLERTON EXAMPLE
CLEAR IDENTIFICATION OF WHO THE
FULL TIME REPATRIATION
COORDINATOR IS AND AS WELL AS
WHAT? UH LET ME I'M SORRY TO
INTERRUPT, BUT THE COORDINATORS
WON'T RESPOND TO THE CSU SYSTEM.
THE RESPOND TO SOMEONE ON THE
CAMPUS, SO MY QUESTION IS. DOES
EACH CAMPUS HAVE A RESPONSIBLE
AGENT FOR THIS? YES. SO WHAT I
WAS SAYING IS THAT THAT THAT
COORDINATOR MUST REPORT
PRESIDENT DAY OF THE PRESIDENT
IN ORDER FOR THERE TO BE THAT
CONSULTATION AND ACTIVE
ENGAGEMENT. AND IT'S ALSO WHY
THE CHANCELLOR HAS APPOINTED
PRESIDENT MORALES JUST SERVE AS
THE PRESIDENTIAL LIAISON TO
ENSURE THAT THE PRESIDENT'S ARE
ACTIVE IN THIS PROCESS AND
OVERSEEING THE CAMPUS LEVER
LEVEL LEVEL AND ENSURING
COMPLIANCE WITH THE POLICY IS
CLEAR TO ME FROM THE
CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE. PRESIDENT
MORALES WILL BE THE PERSON
RESPONSIBLE, OBVIOUSLY, WITH THE
CHANCE FOR BEING ULTIMATELY
RESPONSIBLE, CORRECT. YOU'RE 21
AT EACH OF THE 21 CAMPUSES.
THERE WILL BE SOMEONE ARE YOU
TELLING ME THAT AT THE MOMENT WE
HAVEN'T IDENTIFIED WHO THAT IS,
UH, WE OBVIOUSLY EACH INDIVIDUAL
PRESIDENT IS RESPONSIBLE AT EACH
CAMPUS. BUT HAS THERE BEEN A
DESIGNEE YET FOR EVERY CAMPUS?
DO YOU KNOW WHETHER THAT'S
HAPPENED OR NOT? I DON'T HAVE
THOSE DETAILS AT MY FINGERTIPS,
BUT YOU'RE LOOKING HERE AT
SEVERAL UNIVERSITIES. SURE I'M
SURE YOU CAN. YOU CAN ADDRESS
THAT. ABSOLUTELY UM AS FAR AS
THE FOUR CAMPUSES THIS IS THE
ONE THAT REALLY STANDS OUT TO ME
THAT HAVE UM IN THE DON'T KNOW
IF THESE CHARTS OF THESE THESE
FIGURES UP HERE IDENTIFY THE
FOUR CAMPUSES MONTERREY BASED
DENNIS LAU BAKERSFIELD IN LOS
ANGELES. I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE
THEM OUT. UM WHERE? WHERE DO
THEY STAND TODAY? CAN YOU GIVE
US AN UPDATE FROM WHEN THE AUDIT
WAS DONE? AS FAR AS THE
INVENTORY THAT'S BEEN DONE. SO
YOU'RE ASKING ME AN IMPORTANT
QUESTION, WHICH I DON'T HAVE
DIRECT ANSWER, FORGIVEN MY
CURRENT ROLE, BUT I CAN COMMIT
TO GETTING THIS COMMITTEE AN
UPDATE ON THOSE FOR UNIVERSITY
INSTITUTION. THANK YOU, DR ROBIN
APPRECIATE I'LL TURN OVER TO
CHAIR RAMOS. THANK YOU. CHAIR
ALVAREZ. AND JUST SOME QUESTIONS
AND SOME TROUBLESHOOTING WHEN WE
DID THE èC AUDIT, WE IDENTIFIED
A LACK OF A NATIVE AMERICAN
VOICE ON THOSE NAGPUR
COORDINATORS, EVEN ON NIAGARA
BOARDS WITHIN THE UNIVERSITIES,
WHETHER THEY'RE AT THE LOCAL
UNIVERSITIES, CAMPUSES OR
STATEWIDE, SO I'M HEARING A LOT
ABOUT THE FOCUS ON NAG PROC
COORDINATORS. BUT WHO WOULD FILL
THOSE ROLES. ARE WE LOOKING FOR
THE NATIVE AMERICAN VOICE IN THE
BEGINNING, NOT AN AFTERTHOUGHT
TO THEN PUT TOGETHER. A PROGRAM
AND THEN I HAVE. NATIVE AMERICAN
PEOPLE CHIME IN ON IT RATHER
THAN BE PART OF THE VOICE IN THE
BEGINNING, SO COULD YOU TALK A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT? ON THE
STATEWIDE AREA, BUT ALSO ON THE
CAMPUSES THEMSELVES AND HOW THEY
WANT TO OR HOW THE VISION THAT
MOVING FORWARD AND I AM LOOKING
TO ENSURE THAT THE NATIVE
AMERICAN VOICE IS FIRST AND
PRESENT. MOVING FORWARD AND ALL
THESE DISCUSSIONS. THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR YOUR QUESTION. I THINK
IT HIGHLIGHTS A VERY IMPORTANT
VALUE PROPOSITION IN THE LAW.
AND THAT IS THAT THE NATIVE
VOICE MUST BE AN EQUAL PARTNER
WITH OTHERS ON THESE GOVERNANCE
COMMITTEES, WHETHER THEY'RE AT
THE SYSTEM LEVEL OR AT THE
UNIVERSITY LEVEL, THE NATIVE
COMMUNITY TRIBAL COMMUNITY MUST
BE AN ACTIVE VOICE AND PARTNER
IN THIS WORK. IT IS ONE OF THE
REASONS IN ALL CANDOR WHY WE
HAVEN'T MOVED FORWARD IN
FORMALIZING. THE INTERIM POLICY
THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING UNDER.
BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD A SYSTEM
LEVEL. GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE.
THAT WE COULD TAKE THEN THIS
DRAFT POLICY AND HAVE IT THE
REVIEWED AND ENDORSED JOINTLY.
BY THE TRIBAL COMMUNITY AS WELL
AS THE CSU ACADEMIC COMMUNITY,
SO THE PRESIDENT'S THE
LEADERSHIP TEAM SORT OF AS
ENDORSE THAT IT'S BEEN, AS THE
AUDITORS INDICATED, HAS BEEN
COMMUNICATED THROUGH FORMAL
MEMOS FROM THE SYSTEM OFFICE.
BUT IT IS AN INTERIM POLICY
BECAUSE IT LACKS WHAT YOU'VE
OUTLINED IS THE SHARED
GOVERNANCE THAT WILL REQUIRE
TRIBAL COMMUNITIES TO BE EQUAL.
IMPORTANT PARTNERS IN HELPING US
SHAPE. AND IMPLEMENT THAT THAT
POLICY WILL HAPPEN IN WITH THE
WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A
COMMITTEE IN DECEMBER, TALKING
ABOUT THIS SYSTEM LEVEL AT THE
INSTITUTION LEVEL, I THINK WHAT
YOU'RE HEARING FROM THE
TESTIMONY IS THAT THEY'RE MUCH
FURTHER ALONG IN DEVELOPING
THOSE THOSE CAMPUS GOVERNANCE
STRUCTURES. BUT EVEN AT THE
DRAFT POLICY LEVEL AT THE DRAFT.
I WOULD SAY THAT NATIVE AMERICAN
PRESENCE AND VOICES NEED TO BE
PRESENT WITHIN THAT DRAFTING.
BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE HERE TALKING
ABOUT IS AN AUDIT RIGHT FROM THE
CAL STATE UNIVERSITIES THAT HAS
IDENTIFIED THAT THERE'S A LOT OF
WORK TO BE DONE. BUT WHO BETTER
TO BE A VOICE TO UNDERSTAND THE
SENSITIVITY OF THE ISSUE THAT
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE TODAY
THAN CALIFORNIA'S FIRST PEOPLE?
SO EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE DRAFTING
POLICY I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT
THAT VOICE BE PART OF THAT
PROCESS, TOO, BECAUSE THEN, IF
THAT POLICY THAT DRAFT POLICY IS
PRESENTED TO, UM NATIVE AMERICAN
PEOPLE IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA, AND IT'S NOT AGREED
UPON, WE SLOW THE PROCESS DOWN
EVEN MORE MORE THAN THE 30
YEARS. PLUS THAT WE'RE HERE
TODAY. SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE THAT
AND THROUGH THE CHAIR. LOOK AT
THAT AS PART OF THE POLICY
COMING BACK TO US, UM, IN
DECEMBER. SO WE COULD SEE THAT
THE INCLUSION THERE AND ANY
NAGRA COMMITTEES BEING DEVELOPED
THAT THERE WOULD BE A BALANCE OF
NATIVE AMERICANS ON THAT ON
THOSE COMMITTEES WILL LOOK TO
THE POLICY MOVING FORWARD, BUT I
WOULD ENCOURAGE THAT VOICE TO BE
THERE. CHICO STATE, UM HAS
REVIEWED AND COMPLETED, UM THE.
SOME OF THE AREAS THERE. 150,000
PLUS BUT ALSO, UM, BEING
TRUTHFUL. AND I BELIEVE YOU DID,
UM, ALLUDE TO SOME REMAINS THAT
NOW HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO BE
IDENTIFIED. AND SO WHERE? WHERE
DO WE GO? THAT'S ANOTHER
PROCESS. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A
DRAFT POLICY STATEWIDE, BUT NOW
WE'RE DEALING WITH A CAMPUS THAT
DID MOVE FORWARD BUT STILL HAS
BEEN TRUTHFUL. AND THERE'S SOME
REMAINS THAT NOW CAN'T BE
IDENTIFIED OR WHERE ARE THEY? SO
THAT'S THE NEXT STEP? WHAT DO WE
FIND? THOSE REMAINS THAT NOW WE
CAN'T SEEM TO UNDERSTAND WHERE
THEY'RE AT. RIGHT AND MOVING
FORWARD AT CHICO STATE. UM IT
SEEMS THAT THERE WAS A STRONGER
FOCUS FROM THE TOP DOWN FROM THE
PRESIDENT'S LEVEL TO, UM, THE
SYSTEM AT THE CAMPUS TO MAKE
THIS A PRIORITY. IS THAT
SOMETHING THAT HAS HAPPENED
THERE, UM, AS OPPOSED TO WHAT'S
GOING ON THE STATEWIDE WHERE
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT POLICIES NOW
THE GOVERNOR STATEWIDE. I DON'T
KNOW THAT I CAN COMPARE WHAT
WE'VE DONE ACROSS THE SYSTEM,
BUT WHAT I CAN SAY. AS I SAID
EARLIER, I CAME INTO MY
POSITION. JULY 1ST AND BUT I WAS
INTERIM PROVOST PRIOR TO THAT,
AND I KNEW THE PREVIOUS
PRESIDENT. UH AND WE'VE GOT A
PRETTY WELL ESTABLISHED OFFICE
OF TRIBAL RELATIONS, AND SO I
BELIEVE WE HAVE A VERY, VERY
STRONG COMMITMENT. I KNOW OUR
FORMER PRESIDENT HAD AN
EXCEPTIONALLY STRONG COMMITMENT
TO THIS EFFORT TO APPROPRIATELY
WORKING WITH OUR LOCAL TRIBES
AND HONORING WHAT WE OUGHT TO BE
DOING, AND SO I KNOW THAT
COMMITMENT EXISTED PRIOR TO MY
TAKING OFFICE AND I HAVE THE
LUXURY OF WALKING INTO A VERY
GOOD STRUCTURE. I BELIEVE I THAT
I NOW CARRY THAT SAME COMMITMENT
AND WHAT CONTINUE THAT PROGRESS
MOVING FORWARD? I'M HAPPY TO
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW
WE ARE SET UP FOR WHAT ARE OUR
STRUCTURES ARE IF THAT WOULD BE
HELPFUL. THANK YOU. IT SEEMS
THAT THERE WAS A UM, FOCUS FROM
THE TOP LEVEL AT AT CHICO'S
CAMPUS. SONOMA STATE. I KNOW YOU
WANTED TO CHIME IN ON SOME OF
THE PAST QUESTIONS, BUT WE SEE
THAT THAT SONOMA STATE UM HAS
NOT COMPLETELY REVIEWED AND HAS
, ACCORDING TO THE CHARTS, THE
HIGHEST, UM REMAINS AND
ARTIFACTS THAT ARE THERE WITH
OVER 185,000. AND SO THE
QUESTION ALSO, AND YOU, YOU FEEL
FREE TO ANSWER THE QUESTION
PRIOR, BUT A QUESTION THAT I'M
GOING TO FOLLOW UP ON CHICO
STATE SEEMED TO HAVE DIRECTION
FROM THE TOP DOWN TO MAKE IT A
PRIORITY. AND HAS THAT. AT
SONOMA STATE. BEEN A BARRIER TO
COMPLETE THE TASK AT HAND. WHY
WOULDN'T I WOULDN'T, UM QUOTE A
BARRIER BECAUSE THE FIRST OF
ALL, THERE IS A VERY STRONG
DETERMINATION. GET THROUGH THIS,
WE WILL DO IT. AND EVEN THOUGH I
HAVE VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME
AT STORM ESTATE, BUT IT'S VERY
CLEAR TO ME THIS CAMPUS AS
RELATED TO YOUR PREVIOUS
QUESTION HAS BEEN WORKING VERY
CLOSELY. WHAT'S THE TRIBES
AROUND US ON MULTIPLE MULTIPLE
PROJECTS. ONE COULD EXAMPLE IS
THE FAIRFIELD OSBORN PRESERVE,
WHICH IS ON NATIVE AMERICAN LAND
, AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH
THE TRIBE VERY CLOSELY,
INCLUDING HAVE BEEN THE TRIBAL
CULTURAL MONITOR UNDERSIDE EVERY
SINGLE DAY, MAKING SURE THAT
EVERYTHING WE DO WITHIN THE
COMPLAINTS, SO WE HAVE THE
DETERMINATION AND PRACTICE. OF
WORKING WITH THEM. THIS IS JUST
A MATTER OF MAKING SURE THAT
SAME PRINCIPLE IS APPLIED TO
THIS PARTICULAR VERY IMPORTANT
PROJECT AND WE HAVE BEEN
ENGAGING TRIBES IN THERE AND YOU
CAN SEE IN OUR COLLECTION IS
OVER. 114 DIFFERENT TRIBE IS
CERTAINLY PRETTY LARGE DOWNTON
NUMBER AS FOR THE REASON WHY WE
HAVE SUCH A HIGH COLLECTION IS
REALLY PARTY. OR MAYBE BECAUSE
IT SAYS YOU HAS A TRADITIONAL,
VERY STRONG ARCHAEOLOGICAL
PROGRAM THAT HAVE TRAINED MANY
GENERATIONS OF EXPERTS WHO HAVE
THE ETHICS PROFESSIONALISM TO DO
THAT, IN THE MOST RESPECTFUL
WAY. AND THAT'S PART OF THE
REASON THAT A LOT OF TIMES THEY
ARE INSTITUTIONS. WE REFER THEM
TO ASSESS YOU SO THAT THEY CAN
BE IN VERY GOOD IN WHICH THE
SERIAL NUMBER IS GOING TO TAKE
AWHILE. BUT AS I MENTIONED,
WE'RE NOT ONLY PUTTING IN THE
RESOURCES MAKING SURE WE HAVE
THE COORDINATOR BUT AS A MATTER
OF EXPANDING TO GO BEYOND. WHAT
WE HAVE BEEN ALREADY DOING WAS
THE WAS THE NATIVE DRIVERS
COMMUNITY SO AGAIN. I LET ME
TELL YOU, EVEN THEM. YOU KNOW,
PRETTY NEW THERE. I AM VERY
EMBARRASSED. BY WHAT HAD
HAPPENED THERE AND AGAIN, MY
SINCERE APOLOGY TO ORDER ORDER
TRIBES WILL WHAT NOT ABLE TO DO
IT SOONER. AND THEN MORE. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE HONESTY
ON THAT WITH THE OVER 185. STILL
THAT NEEDS TO BE PROCESSED AND
REVIEWED. AND THANK YOU TO CHICO
STATE. ANOTHER UNIVERSITIES. CAL
STATES MOVING FORWARD ON THIS.
WE DO NEED A STATEWIDE POLICY
THAT THEN WOULD GOVERN AND BE
CONSISTENT ON THE LOCAL CAMPUSES
. I BELIEVE THAT, UM, THE
WILLINGNESS HERE THAT WE'RE
HEARING, UM AND WE'RE GOING TO
BE FOLLOWING UP TO KEEP TRACK ON
WHAT'S THERE? CERTAINLY. WHEN WE
READ THE REPORT. IT WAS VERY
APPALLING TO SEE BUT THEN THEY
HEAR, UM THOSE ON THIS PANEL
TALKING ABOUT COMMITMENT TO
CHANGE COMMITMENT TO WORK
TOGETHER MOVING FORWARD, BUT
STILL, WE CAN'T LEAVE OUT THE
VOICES OF CALIFORNIA'S FIRST
PEOPLE IN THE DRAFTING OF
POLICIES MOVING FORWARD. WE HAVE
TO MAKE SURE THAT'S THERE. AND
HOPEFULLY BY THIS HEARING. THAT
IT DOES BECOME A TOP PRIORITY.
TOP DOWN ON EVERY CAMPUS. UM ON
THE CAL STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM.
WE DID HAVE AN AUDIT ON THE UCS.
WE NOW WE HAVE AN AUDIT ON THE
COW STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
WHERE IT'S JUST YEAH, IT'S
UNCONSCIONABLE, KNOWING THAT
THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE. BUT
I WOULD ALSO, UM, PUT OUT THERE
FOR THOSE LISTENING. THAT WE
DEALT WITH THE UCS. WE'RE
DEALING WITH THE CAL STATE
UNIVERSITIES. IT'S TIME THAT
ALSO THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES TAKE
NOTICE OF WHAT'S GOING ON. THANK
YOU, MR CHAIR. THANK YOU. UH, WE
HAVE A MEMBER OF QUIRK-SILVA. TO
MAKE SOME COTTON QUESTIONS. I
MEAN, I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY
FOR BEING HERE. THIS HAS BEEN
VERY COMPREHENSIVE, UH, NOT ONLY
FROM THE AUDITOR, BUT OF COURSE
FOR THOSE OF YOU ARE SITTING ON
THIS PANEL, AND I APPRECIATE IT
, BUT I'M GETTING OUT OF THIS
AND I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH
MORE THAN A FEW AUDITS. UH
THROUGHOUT MY TERM HERE AND I'LL
JUST SAY FOR THE RECORD, NOBODY
LIKES AUDITS. I MEAN, IT'S
NOBODY WANTS TO HEAR OF AN AUDIT
, AND YET THEY'RE EFFECTIVE IN
THE SENSE THAT MANY TIMES IT
REVEALS NEXT STEPS MANY TIMES
THAT REVEALS ACTIONS THAT THAT
CAN BE TAKEN TO CORRECT ISSUES,
SO I DO APPRECIATE ALL OF THE
SPEAKERS UP HERE WHO MADE A BOLD
APOLOGY TO THE TRIBAL COMMUNITY
. AND CERTAINLY THAT'S THE
BEGINNING, RESPECTING THE
COMMUNITY. RESTORING UH WHAT WE
NEED TO, IN ESSENCE RETURN, UH,
ARTIFACTS, UH, THAT IN MANY
COMMUNITIES THAT HAS CAUSED
TRAUMA FOR DECADE, SO THE
BEGINNING, CERTAINLY IS THAT
APOLOGY AND THAT COMMITMENT TO
DO BETTER. AH AH, AND I THINK
THAT WHAT I'M HEARING HERE IS
THERE IS A VARIANCE ACROSS THE
SYSTEM OF HOW MUCH PROGRESS HAS
BEEN MADE FROM CAMPUS TO CAMPUS
. AND YET WHAT IS INCREDIBLY
IMPORTANT IS A SYSTEM WIDE
APPROACH. BUT WHAT I WILL JUST
END WITH IS IT IS ABOUT
REBUILDING WANTS THE STEPS HAVE
BEEN MADE IS ABOUT RESTORING
TRUST IN THE COMMUNITY, AND I
THINK THAT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME.
AS WAS NOTICED. IT'S GOING TO
TAKE RESOURCES, AS WAS NOTED,
BUT WE CERTAINLY ARE NOW AT THE
PLACE WITH THIS AUDIT, WHERE
THIS TOPIC HAS BEEN ELEVATED,
ELEVATED NOT ONLY TO THE
PRESIDENTS OF THE CAMPUSES BUT
ALSO TO THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE.
I HAVE A VERY LARGE AFFINITY FOR
THE NEW CHANCELLOR COMING IN, AS
SHE WAS THE FORMER CHANCELLOR AT
KOELE STATE FULLERTON, AND
CERTAINLY WE HAVE TO SEE US. YOU
UH, INDIVIDUALS HERE
REPRESENTING FULLERTON, WHICH I
REPRESENT. SO UM, I'M CONFIDENT
THAT THE STEPS WILL TAKE. I'M
SORRY TO THE TROUBLED COMMUNITY
THAT IT HAS TAKEN SO LONG. BUT
NOW WE KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
AND NOW THE NEXT STEPS ARE TO
FOLLOW. THE PATH FORWARD TO
RESTORE AND TO REBUILD. THANK
YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. SUMMER
QUIRK-SILVA. WE HAVE SOME
REMEMBER MATHIS. THANK YOU, MR
CHAIR AND FOR BREVITY, ALL KEEP
IT SHORT, AND I WANT TO KIND OF
TIE INTO WHAT SHARE, RAMOS HAD
SAID WITH REALLY MAKING SURE
THAT THAT VOICES AT THE DRAFT
LEVEL BUT I WANT YOU TO
UNDERSTAND. WHEN YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT TRIBES YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT SOVEREIGN NATIONS. AND I'M
A MILITARY GUY. SO I THINK ABOUT
WHEN WE GOT TO GO GET OUR
REMAINS OF OUR SOLDIERS
OVERSEAS. HOW THAT'S HANDLED.
AND THE IMPORTANCE OF HOW THAT'S
HANDLED. IN THAT WHEN WE DO
THESE THINGS YOU DON'T ASK THE
FOREIGN COUNTRY. HEY. HANDLE OUR
REMAINS THE WAY YOU WANT TO.
IT'S DONE THE WAY WE WANT THEM
TO HANDLE IT. SO AS THESE
POLICIES ARE BEING DRAFTED. THAT
VOICE OF THOSE SOVEREIGN NATIONS
BECAUSE THE ANTHROPOLOGY
DEPARTMENT MIGHT BE GREAT. IT
MIGHT BE THE BEST ONE EVER. BUT
THE WAY THEY DO IT. MAY NOT BE
COMPLETELY THE WAY THE TRIBE
WANTS IT DONE. AND IT'S NOT
ABOUT DOING IT THE WAY THE
ANTHROPOLOGY DEPARTMENT WANTS IT
DONE. IT'S ABOUT DOING IT THE
WAY THE TRIBE WANTS IT DONE.
WHEN WE THINK ABOUT BURIALS AND
THINKING MODERN AGE, RIGHT? SOME
PEOPLE WANT TO BE BURIED IN A
CASKET. SOME PEOPLE WANT TO BE
CREMATED. THESE ARE VERY
SENSITIVE THINGS. AND IT NEEDS
TO MAKE SURE THAT TO THE POINT
AT THAT DRAFTING LEVEL. IT'S THE
FABRIC OF THIS POLICY. IT'S
TAKEN IN THERE. NOT YOU ALL. GO
AND DO THE POLICY AND THEN COME
BACK AND SAY, HEY, WHAT DO YOU
THINK? IT'S GOT TO BE FROM THE
BEGINNING OF THIS NEW STEP
FORWARD. OF THIS CHANGE THAT'S
GOT TO TAKE PLACE. MAY I COMMENT
ON THAT ISSUE? I'D LIKE TO, JUST
, UM, FOR THE RECORD INDICATES
THAT IN MY FORMER ROLE AS
PROVOST FOR THE CALIFORNIA STATE
UNIVERSITY. I HAD REGULAR AND
VERY HELPFUL CONVERSATIONS WITH
PROVOST MICHAEL BROWN AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, AND HE
HELPED GUIDE AND MENTOR ME AND
AS WELL AS THE LAW ITSELF AND
UNDERSTANDING HOW TO HOW DO WE
REACT? RESPOND TO SOME OF THE
FEEDBACK AND THE NEEDS FOR
IMPROVEMENT? AND SO WHAT WE HAVE
IS OUR DRAFT POLICY REFLECTS
VERY CLOSELY THE UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA REPATRIATION POLICY.
BUT WE CANNOT RELY ON THEIR
CONSULTATION. WE HAVE TO ENGAGE
OUR OWN AUTHENTIC CONSULTATION.
AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE SORT OF
FOUND OURSELVES NEEDING TO
ESTABLISHED THIS SYSTEM WIDE
GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE TO REALLY
BRING TO THAT GROUP, SOMETHING
THAT'S BEEN WELL. BETTER NEXT
BIG. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A
SYSTEM WIDE INTERNALLY WITH YOU.
AND IN ORDER TO GET THAT CORRECT
, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT TRAVEL
VOICE IS PART OF THAT SEPARATE.
THANK YOU, MR MATHIS. NOW WE
HAVE A SALMON MEMBER RUBIO.
THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR THE
CONVERSATION, AND I ALSO OFFER
DO OFFER THE APOLOGIES TO THE TO
CALIFORNIA'S FIRST PEOPLE FOR
NOT FOLLOWING THROUGH. I THINK
THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT PART
TO BEGIN TO HEAL. UM I YOU KNOW
, I APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATIONS
AND I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE HAVING
THE CONVERSATIONS AS WE WERE
STATING EARLIER. UM WE CAN GO
BACK AND FORTH AS TO WHY. WHY
NOT? HOW WHEN? WHERE? YOU KNOW
ALL OF THAT. AT THIS POINT, I
THINK IT'S UH, IRRELEVANT. I
THINK THAT WE DO NEED TO MOVE
FORWARD AND TO, UH CHAIRMAN
RAMOS IS COMMENTS AND MR MATHIS
COMMENTS THE FOLKS THAT ARE
BEING EFFECTIVE. AFFECTED HAVE
TO BE AT THE TABLE. UM YOU KNOW,
AND I APPRECIATE THE POLICIES,
ETCETERA, YOU KNOW, AGAIN DON'T
WANT TO BELIEVER THAT BUT IT IS
VERY IMPORTANT THAT FIRST AND
FOREMOST THAT THE CALIFORNIA'S
FIRST PEOPLE, VOICES ARE IN
THOSE CONVERSATIONS. THAT BEING
SAID, WE HAVE TO BEGIN TO MOVE
FORWARD. I APPRECIATE THE
EFFORTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE SO
FAR. BUT CLEARLY BECAUSE OF WE
SAW THE AUDIT. IT HAS NOT BEEN
ENOUGH. AND SO THE POINT I'VE
BEEN SITTING IN THE JAIL A
COMMITTEE FOR 67 YEARS, AND IT'S
MY FAVORITE BECAUSE NOBODY DOES
WANTS TO BE AUDITED. HOWEVER, IT
DOES GIVE US INFORMATION, BUT
IT'S PEOPLE TAKE IT AS PUNITIVE
AND IT'S NOT FOR US. IT'S ALSO
TO REFLECT UPON WHAT WE NEED TO
DO AS LEGISLATORS, EITHER. UM UH
, ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES BUT
MORE MORE SO GUIDANCE TO MAKE
SURE THAT THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING
IT, UM, WITH SOME RESOURCES AS
WELL. WE CAN'T EXPECT FOR US TO
JUST SAY DO THIS AND NOT BE ABLE
TO SUPPORT YOU. SO THIS IS NOT
ABOUT YOU KNOW, BLAMING YOU FOR
ANYTHING? IT'S JUST ABOUT US,
BEGINNING TO ACTUALLY DO THIS.
WE'VE BEEN PROMISING TO DO THIS
FOR 30 YEARS AND IT HASN'T
HAPPENED. SO I WANNA I WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL UNDERSTAND
THAT AND AGAIN, THE YOU KNOW ARE
THE CALIFORNIA'S FIRST PEOPLE
DESERVE AN APOLOGY FOR
EVERYTHING THAT HAS DONE NOT
JUST IN THIS SPACE AS WE ALL
KNOW, AND ALL OF THE OTHER
SPACES, SO PLEASE TAKE THIS AS
AS US TRYING TO WORK WITH YOU ON
HOW WE BEST CAN HELP. EARLIER
THE AUDITOR STATED THAT YES, WE
ARE IN CHARGE OF THE BUDGET, BUT
BECAUSE WE'RE IN CHARGE OF THE
BUDGET, MAYBE THAT'S THE
OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO SAY WE DO
NEED SOME SOME ADDITIONAL
RESOURCES WE DO NEED, YOU KNOW,
OR HOW DO WE REDIRECT SOME OF
THE RESERVES AND SOME OF THE
AGENCIES TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU
ALL GET WHAT YOU NEED SO AGAIN?
DON'T TAKE IT AS A PUNITIVE
CONVERSATION. THIS IS ABOUT HOW
DO WE MOVE FORWARD? AND HOW CAN
WE HELP YOU MOVE FORWARD AS
WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL.
THIS IS A HARD CONVERSATIONS.
ALL AUDITS ARE DIFFICULT, BUT
THIS ONE'S REALLY, REALLY HARD
AND I APPRECIATE YOU REFLECTING
ON THE SEVERITY OF THIS
ACKNOWLEDGING THAT AS HARD AS IT
IS FOR US TO RECOGNIZE THESE
FACTS. IT IS MUCH, MUCH MORE
DIFFICULT AND PAINFUL TO THE
TRIBES AND CALIFORNIA'S FIRST
PEOPLE OF WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON
FOR OVER, YOU KNOW, FOR DECADES,
SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE
RECOGNIZE THAT AS WELL. THANK
YOU ALL FOR YOUR TESTIMONY.
APPRECIATE YOUR BEING HERE, AND
THIS IS A JOINT COMMITTEE AND SO
WE HAVE TWO COMMITTEES HERE, SO
I'M GOING TO TURN OVER THE NEXT
SEGMENT OF THE AGENDA TO CHAIR
OF OUR COMMITTEE FROM SOMETHING
VERY RAMOS, WHO IS THE CHAIR OF
THE COMMITTEE ON NATIVE AMERICAN
AFFAIRS CHAIR? RAMOS THANK YOU,
CHAIRMAN ALVAREZ. THE NEXT PANEL
WILL BE PERSPECTIVES ON AUDIT
AND REPATRIATION. WE HAVE THOSE
ON THE PANEL VICE CHAIRMAN
JOHNNY HERNANDEZ FROM THE SALMON
WILD TRIBAL GOVERNMENT. MELISSA
TAYYABA, VICE CHAIRWOMAN FROM
SHINGLE SPRINGS, BANDA MIWOK
INDIANS. CHAIRWOMAN JANET BILL
FROM THE PECULIAR MANCHURIA OF
SHAANXI INDIANS. WE ALSO HAVE
BRIAN LOGO. FROM THE MERINGUE GO
BAND EMISSION INDIANS. CHAIRMAN
JACK POTTER FROM REDDING
RANCHERIA TRIBAL GOVERNMENT.
CHAIRMAN LEO CISCO FROM THE
TACHI YOKA TRIBE. IN LAUREL
ROSS, VICE CHAIRWOMAN FROM THE
FEDERATED INDIANS OF GREAT AND
RANCHERIA. WE WILL START WITH
VICE CHAIRMAN JOHNNY HERNANDEZ.
MEANTIME SENATOR JUAN JOHNNY
HERNANDEZ NOON. YOU HAVE YOUR
TIME. YOU KNOW HOW KOOPA I DID
THE JACA. YOU HAVE YOUR TAMPA,
UM OF PATOOTIE ANAPU CHIA TO V
P. R VICE CHAIRMAN. HI EVERYONE.
MY NAME IS JOHNNY HERNANDEZ. I
HAVE THE HONOR OF SERVING ON
BEHALF OF MY PEOPLE AS THE VICE
CHAIRMAN OF THE SAME WALL
NATION. I WANT TO THANK THE
ASSEMBLY MEMBER RAMOS,
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S ALVAREZ AND
COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON BEHALF
OF MY TRIBE. ABOUT AN ISSUE THAT
IMPACTS NOT ONLY ARE PEOPLE BY
INDIAN COUNTRY AS A WHOLE WE'LL
TRY TO FACE TODAY IS A
SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON OUR
HUMANITY, FAMILY CULTURE AND
TRADITIONS AND THE RESPECTFUL
TREATMENT OF WHAT IS MOST
SACRED, THE IDENTITY AND
PRESERVATION OF THE PEOPLE.
DESPITE ENACTMENT OF THE FEDERAL
LAW, NAQURA MORE THAN 30 YEARS
AGO. LITTLE TO NO PROGRESS HAS
BEEN MADE AND REPATRIATING ITEMS
THAT ARE OF HISTORICAL AND
CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE TO TRIBES.
THE LAW WAS INTENDED TO
ESTABLISH A PROCESS WHERE
FEDERAL RECOGNIZED FEDERALLY
RECOGNIZED TRIBES COULD REQUEST
FROM GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND
MUSEUMS. THE RETURN OF THE HUMAN
REMAINS AND CULTURAL ITEMS. BUT
THE LACK OF A COMPREHENSIVE
STRATEGY TO ADDRESS AND AKRA
COMPLIANCE BY UNIVERSITIES,
MUSEUMS AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS
CONTINUES TO HIGHLIGHT THE
CONTINUED TREND HAVE LIMITED OR
NO ACTION REQUIRED REGARDING
NAGRA OBLIGATIONS. THE ITEMS TO
BE REPATRIATED MIGHT INCLUDE
BASKETS WOVEN BY GREAT
GRANDMOTHERS WITH VERY INTRICATE
DETAIL THAT ARE MASTERFULLY MADE
WITH THE LOVE THAT BONDS OF
FAMILY TOGETHER IN RICH HISTORY
AND STORYTELLING. THERE ARE
REMAINS OF OUR LOVED ONES. OUR
ANCESTORS WHO GRAVES HAVE BEEN
DISTURBED. AND REMAINS IN SACRED
ITEMS. ITEMS SACRED ITEMS HELD
FOR RESEARCH THE RECENTLY
CONDUCTED AUDIT IS DISHEARTENING
. IT SHOWS THE CALIFORNIA STATE
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM AND ABILITY TO
FULLY COMPLY WITH NATURAL
LEGISLATION. TO REVIEW AND
REPORT COLLECTIONS TO THE NATIVE
AMERICAN HERITAGE COMMISSION. A
LACK OF FUNDING OR STATEWIDE
POLICY CANNOT CONTINUE TO BE A
BARRIER AS TO WHY THE CSU SYSTEM
IS MAKING LITTLE TO NO PROGRESS
IN THE REPATRIATION OF SACRED
ARTIFACTS AND REMAINS. THE
SACRED OBJECTS AND REMAINS HELD
BY SEA SUS CAMP. CSU CAMPUSES
ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR
NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE AND NEED
TO BE TREATED WITH RESPECT AND
COORDINATES WITH THE LEGISLATION
GUIDELINES. AND CONSULTING WITH
TRIBES ON THE REPATRIATION
PROCESS SHOULD BE A NUMBER ONE
PRIORITY. OUR LOCAL CAMPUS. C S
U S B HAS BEEN PROACTIVE IN
THEIR OUTREACH TO OUR TRIBE FOR
REVIEW OF THEIR COLLECTIONS TO
IDENTIFY ANY SERRANO ARTIFACTS.
THEY ARE ONE OF THE ONLY HANDFUL
OF C SUS CAMPUSES ACROSS THE
STATE THAT HAVE AN ELDER AND
RESIDENTS FILLED BY ROBERT LEVI
FROM THE TOURIST MARTINEZ TRIBE.
WHILE THE OUTREACH FROM OUR
LOCAL CSU AS A STEP IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION. THE PERVASIVE ACT IN
ACTION ACROSS THE SYSTEM CANNOT
BE IGNORED. WE ARE ASKING THE
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATOR TO REQUIRE
THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE TO
PROVIDE AN ANNUAL REPORT
REGARDING THIS YES, USE SYSTEM.
MY PROGRESS AND REPATRIATING AND
COLLECTIONS TO ENSURE ADEQUATE
PROGRESS IS MADE IN RETURNING,
WHICH IS SACRED TO CALIFORNIA
TRIBES. WE ALSO REQUEST FUNDING
TO SUPPORT THE AUDITS
RECOMMENDATION. AND CLOSING. I
HAD ASKED ALL THE NON TRAVEL
PEOPLE TO PICTURE YOUR FAMILY
AND YOUR ANCESTORS AND THEIR
BELONGINGS. THAT YOU HOLD IN THE
URINE, DEAR THAT THEIR OWN AND
USE UNDER THE GUISE OF AN
ARTIFACT ON DISPLAY FOR PUBLIC
LEARNING AND TEACHING, WHICH IS
THE UNFORTUNATE REALITY OF MY
PEOPLE. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
HUMANITY, HUMAN RIGHTS, SO WE
HAD TO FINALLY GET THIS RIGHT
AND BRING ALL OUR PEOPLE HOME.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU
SO MUCH, UM, FOR THAT. AND
BRINGING IT HOME TO THE PERSONAL
LEVEL. WHAT REMAINS REALLY MEAN
TO OUR PEOPLE? OUR NEXT, UM
PRESENTER AS MELISSA TAYYABA,
VICE CHAIRWOMAN FROM SHINGLE
SPRINGS, BANDED MIWOK INDIANS.
GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN RAMOS AND
HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS MELISSA
TAYYABA AND THE VICE CHAIR.
FISHING ALL SPRING WAS ABANDONED
ME WALK INDIANS. I AM NEW SONAM.
PAY ONE ON I COME FROM THE
AMERICAN AND SACRAMENTO RIVERS.
MY TWO VILLAGES CLOSEST, ARE THE
VILLAGE OF KADIMA AND PURSUING,
WHICH IS JUST A COUPLE OF MILES
FROM SEX STATE. I WOULD LIKE TO
BEGIN BY THANKING
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S JAMES RAMOS AND
THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON NATIVE
AMERICAN AFFAIRS. FOR CONVENING
THIS HEARING TODAY. ALTHOUGH
THIS HEARING IS CALLED IN
RESPONSE TO THE STATE AUDITOR'S
FINDINGS ON THE CALIFORNIA STATE
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM, WIDE LACK OF
MEETING THEIR STATUTORY
OBLIGATIONS UNDER BOTH MAGDA AND
CAL NIAGARA WE SEE THIS AS YET
ANOTHER STEP IN OUR ENDLESS AND
ONGOING EFFORTS TO GET CSU TO
RETURN REMAINS AND ARTIFACTS
THAT HAVE BEEN IN THEIR
POSSESSIONS, FAR BEYOND ANY
TIMEFRAME. A REASONABLE PERSON
COULD POSSIBLY DEEM APPROPRIATE.
AND THE 13 YEARS SINCE THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF OUR OWN TRIBAL
HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE, WE
HAVE ENGAGED IN FIVE REPEAT
REPATRIATION EFFORTS SPECIFIC TO
THE CSU SYSTEM, WITH ONLY TWO
FINDING A SUCCESSFUL RETURN OF
OUR ANCESTORS TO WHERE THEY
BELONG HOME. THIS IS NOT FROM A
LACK OF TRYING ON THE END OF
MINE OR ANY OTHER CALIFORNIA
TRIBES. BUT THE SYSTEMIC FAILURE
AT CSU AND I'D BE REMISS TO NOT
ADDRESS THE èC AND CALIFORNIA
COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM AS
WELL. WHICH HAS BEEN APPALLING,
AN ACCEPTABLE AND SHAMEFUL. THE
EXCUSES GIVEN OVER DECADES NOW
ARE HOLLOW AND MUST BE DEALT
WITH BY ALL PARTIES INVOLVED AND
EVERY LEVEL THIS INCLUDES THE
NEWLY APPOINTED CHANCELLOR OF
THE CSU SYSTEM, DOCTOR, MILDRED
GARCIA, WHO WE HOPE WILL BEGIN
TO TURN A NEW CHAPTER WHEN
DEALING WITH CALIFORNIA'S FIRST
PEOPLE AND CAL NÂNG PRESS
SPECIFICALLY. YOU HAVE READ THE
STATISTICS PUBLISHED IN THE
AUDIT, THEIR STAGGERING BY ALL
DEFINITIONS OF THE WORD YET
CONSIDERED ALONGSIDE THE èC
AUDIT CONDUCTED JUST LAST YEAR,
IT IS PAINFULLY CLEAR THAT
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS, IF NOT
UPWARDS OF MILLIONS OF
COLLECTIONS REMAIN IN
INSTITUTIONS HOUSED ON ANCESTRAL
TERRITORIES. YEAH WITH UNCERTAIN
TIMELINES ON WHEN THESE
ANCESTORS THEMSELVES WILL BE
RETURNED TO THE TRIBES IN WHICH
THEY BELONG. THE TIME FOR ACTION
IS NOW TODAY THE CSU HAS
COMPLETELY AND TOTALLY FAILED IN
ACHIEVING MEANINGFUL AND
INTENTIONAL REPATRIATION THROUGH
NIAGARA AND KALNIETE, BRAH. WE
HOPE THIS COMMITTEE WILL INVITE
DR MILDRED GARCIA AND OTHERS.
SOON TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON
THEIR PLAN TO MOVE FORWARD AND
ADDRESS THESE HISTORIC FAILURES
AND TO START IMPLEMENTING
RECOMMENDATIONS YOU WILL HEAR
TODAY. FROM FELLOW TRIBAL
LEADERS WHOSE EXPERIENCES ARE
UNFORTUNATELY NOT SHOCKING, BUT
A NORM ACROSS THE STATE. I ALSO
WANT TO REMIND THIS AUDIENCE
THAT THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS
WELL INTENTIONED EFFORTS BY THE
LEGISLATOR IN THE PAST YEARS,
INCLUDING ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S RAMOS
RAMOS IS CONTINUED EFFORTS 17
YEARS AGO, THEN SENATOR DEAN
FLORES CONVENED IN INFORMATIONAL
HEARING WHEN HE WAS THE CHAIR OF
SENATE GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION
COMMITTEE. HE FOCUSED ON THE
HEARST MUSEUM AT BERKELEY. AND
EVEN TODAY, 17 YEARS LATER,
THESE INSTITUTIONS CONTINUE TO
PROVIDE ROADBLOCKS AND EXHIBIT
AND WILLINGNESS TO COOPERATE ON
REPATRIATION. IT IS A SAD STATE
OF AFFAIRS. INDEED THE
INDEPENDENT STATE AUDITOR REPORT
HAS BROUGHT TO BEAR THE STARK
REALITY TRIBES ARE FACING IN
CALIFORNIA, AND I HOPE THAT
TODAY'S HEARING LEADS TO
ACTIONABLE AND ENFORCEABLE STEPS
TOWARD REMEDIATION. I CALL ON
ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE CSU BOARD
OF TRUSTEES, BèC REGIONS, THE
GOVERNOR, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR,
THE SPEAKER PRO TEM TO FULLY
ENGAGE AND FINALLY HOLD BOTH THE
CSU AND UC SYSTEMS ACCOUNTABLE
FOR THEIR HORRIFIC TRACK RECORD
ON NAGPUR AND COLONIC PRA.
INCREASED FUNDING MUST BE
PROVIDED FOR STAFF AT BOTH
INSTITUTIONS, BUT MORE
IMPORTANTLY, QUARTERLY REPORTS
TO THE LEGISLATORS SHOWING THEIR
PROGRESS AND PROVIDING
ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE FUNDING
THAT IS ALLOCATED IS CRUCIAL.
CLOSED BY THANKING ASSEMBLY
RAMOS FOR HIS PENDING
LEGISLATION. A B 2 26 AND MAYBE
3 89 AND URGE ALL IN ATTENDANCE
TODAY AND ONLINE TO SUPPORT
THESE MEASURES SO THAT IT CAN
CROSS THE FINISH LINE AND GET TO
THE GOVERNOR. THE SYRIAN MUST
NOT BE THE ONLY OF ITS KIND AND
MAYBE TO 26 PROVIDES FOR SUCH
NEEDED ADDITIONAL AUDITING AND
CONTINUOUS REPORTING
REQUIREMENTS ON CAL MAG PRO
PROGRESS WITHIN INSTITUTIONS. WE
THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS, AND
THIS IMPORTANT AND ALL TOO OFTEN
IGNORED ISSUE. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU SO MUCH. VICE CHAIRWOMAN
TAYYABA AND FOR YOUR STATEMENTS
THERE THAT IT'S NOT FROM LACK OF
TRYING TO, UM, REPATRIATE OUR
ANCESTORS BACK, SO THE WILL IS
THERE AND WE'VE HEARD FROM FIRE
PRIOR PANELS THAT THERE COULD BE
SOME AREAS, UH, TO BE IMPROVED
UPON BY THE CAL STATE UNIVERSITY
SYSTEM. AND AGAIN THAT QUOTE NOT
FROM LACK OF TRYING. THANK YOU
FOR THAT. NEXT WE'LL HEAR FROM
THE CHAIRPERSON JANET BILL FROM
THE MCCUEN RANCHERIA CHANCE OF
INDIANS. HELLO HALEY. HOW YOU
WASH THEM? CHAIRPERSON JANET QUÊ
BILL, THE PICAYUNE RANCHERIA.
THE CHUCK CHANCE THE INDIANS, A
SOVEREIGN NATION LOCATED IN
MADERA COUNTY, NEAR THE SOUTH
ENTRANCE OF YOSEMITE NATIONAL
PARK. ON BEHALF OF MY NATION,
MITCH GUYS, THANK YOU TO THE
HONORABLE ASSEMBLY MEMBER RAMOS
, ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S ALVAREZ AND
MEMBERS OF BOTH COMMITTEES FOR
INVITING OUR NATION TO BE A PART
OF THE CRITICAL OVERSIGHT
HEARING TODAY AND TO SHARE OUR
PERSPECTIVE ON THE NAG, CRA
AUDIT AND REPATRIATION EFFORTS
OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE
UNIVERSITY CSU SYSTEM. IT IS
INCUMBENT UPON ALL OF US TO
RECOGNIZE THAT HUMAN REMAINS OF
ANCESTRY AND ITEMS OF CULTURAL
SIGNIFICANCE MUST AT ALL TIMES
BE TREATED WITH DIGNITY AND
RESPECT. IT IS CLEAR THAT THE
INTENTIONS OF THESE TWO PIECES
OF HUMAN RIGHTS LEGISLATION ARE
TO ADDRESS AND PROVIDE REDRESS
FOR CENTURIES OF DISPLACEMENT.
EXPLOITATION. DESECRATION
COLONIZATION AND DISPOSITION OF
OUR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE. OUR
ANCESTRAL REMAINS AND CULTURAL
ITEMS ARE THE FOUNDATION OF OUR
IDENTITY AND HERITAGE. THIS
FOUNDATION CONNECTS OUR PRESENT
DAY DESCENDANTS WITH OUR
ANCESTORS, PROVIDING A SENSE OF
CONTINUITY AND BELONGING. THE
COLLECTIONS ACROSS THE SEA SUS
ENCOMPASS A RIDE RANGE OF
ARTIFACTS, TRADITIONS, LANGUAGES
, RITUALS AND PRACTICES THAT
HAVE BEEN PASSED DOWN THROUGH
GENERATIONS THAT HOLD HISTORICAL
, SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL VALUE TO
OUR PEOPLE. PRESERVING THESE
ELEMENTS HELP OUR CURRENT AND
FUTURE GENERATIONS UNDERSTAND
AND APPRECIATE THE RESILIENCE OF
OUR PEOPLE. WHILE NIAGARA AND
KALACHAKRA AIM TO PROTECT NATIVE
AMERICAN GRAVE SITES AND CREATE
A PROCESS TO CONCERN ANCESTRAL
MAINS AND CULTURAL ITEMS TO OUR
PEOPLE. ABSENT COMPLIANCE AND
ENFORCEMENT. THESE LAWS ARE
DEGRADED TO NOTHING MORE THAN
WORDS ON PAPER FULL OF EMPTY
PROMISES. THE FINDINGS IN THIS
AUTO REPORTS SERVE AS A REMINDER
THAT WE ALL HAVE A COLLECTIVE
RESPONSIBILITY FOR ENSURING
COMPLIANCE WITH THESE LAWS AND
MOST IMPORTANTLY, TO BRING OUR
LOVED ONES AND HERITAGE HOME.
OUR TRIBE FULLY EXPECT CSU TO
CONSULT WITH US DUE TO THE
CULTURAL GENOCIDE FORCED REMOVAL
, BOARDING SCHOOL ERA AND ALL
OTHER ASSEMBLY SHIN POLICIES
THAT CAUSED OUR PEOPLE AND
CULTURAL ITEMS TO BE REMOVED AND
REDISTRIBUTED ACROSS THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA. HOWEVER DUE TO
THE NEED OF BREVITY TODAY WILL
FOCUS OUR COMMENTS ON THE CSU
THAT IS CLOSEST TO US. OUR TRIBE
IS LOCATED NEAREST TO CALIFORNIA
STATE UNIVERSITY. FRESNO CSU
FRESNO IS LISTED AS ONE OF THE
CAMPUSES THAT HAS COMPLETED A
REVIEW OF ITS COLLECTION OF
HUMAN REMAINS AND CULTURAL
ITEMS. ALTHOUGH WE ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT CSU FRESNO TOOK INITIATIVE
TO COMPLETE ITS REVIEW, WE MUST
HIGHLIGHT THAT CSU FRESNO IS A
CAMPUS THAT DID NOT CONSULT
WOULD TRIBES BEFORE REVIEWING
ITS COLLECTION UNDER THE 2020
AMENDMENT TO CAL MAG PRO. THIS
FAILURE TO CONSULT DENIED US THE
OPPORTUNITY TO OPINE ON THE
RESPECTFUL TREATMENT OF OUR
ANCESTORS AND CULTURAL ITEMS.
HINDERED OUR ABILITY TO SHARE
OUR TRIBAL KNOWLEDGE AND
TRADITIONS AND UNDERMINED OUR
TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY. ADDITIONALLY
IT IS DISHEARTENING TO KNOW THAT
OVER 30 YEARS OF ENACTMENT OF
NAQURA, THE CSU FRESNO STILL
MAINTAINS A SIZABLE SELF
REPORTED COLLECTION OF NEARLY
40,000 ITEMS. HOWEVER ABSENT THE
PRIOR CONSULTATION WITH TRIBES,
IT IS DIFFICULT TO JUDGE WHETHER
THE SELF REPORTED NUMBER OF
APPROXIMATELY 40,000 ITEMS IS
TRULY ACCURATE. AND WHETHER
THESE ITEMS WERE HANDLED WITH
RESPECT. PROVIDING FURTHER DOUBT
TO THE SELF REPORTED NUMBER IS
THAT, ACCORDING TO THE NATIVE
AMERICAN HERITAGE COMMISSION,
THE CSU FRESNO FAILED TO SUBMIT
THEIR INVENTORIES LAST YEAR AND
FURTHER VIOLATION OF THE 2020
AMENDMENT TO CAL. KNACK, BRO.
FURTHERMORE AROUND THE WORLD,
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT
REPATRIATION IS HEALING.
REPATRIATION IS DECOLONIZATION.
REPATRIATION IS JUSTICE. OF THE
CSU, FRESNO SIZABLE COLLECTION
OF HUMAN REMAINS AND CULTURAL
ITEMS. IT HAS REPATRIATED 0% OF
ITS COLLECTION. ONCE AGAIN 0% OF
ITS COLLECTION. THIS FAILURE TO
REPATRIATE DENIES AS HEALING.
DENY THIS DECOLONIZATION. DENIES
US JUSTICE. WE MUST CONTINUE TO
DISMANTLE THE BARRIERS TO
REPATRIATION THAT WERE CREATED
AFTER CENTURIES OF
MARGINALIZATION AND
DISENFRANCHISEMENT OF OUR TRIBAL
COMMUNITIES. TODAY WE CALL IN
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND THE
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITIES
CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE TO MAKE
SYSTEMIC CHANGES THAT NOT ONLY
ENSURES COMPLIANCE WOULD NAG PRA
AND KELOWNA OPERA. BUT MOST
IMPORTANTLY, FREEZE OUR
ANCESTORS AND BRINGS ITEMS THAT
ONCE WERE STOLEN BACK HOME. THE
CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE MUST
INCREASE OVERSIGHT OF ALL SEE
SUS IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
PROVISIONS OUTLINED IN AKRON
KALA NAG PRO AND TRIBES MUST
HAVE A VOICE IN THE REPATRIATION
PROCESS IN ORDER TO KEEP THE SEA
SUS ACCOUNTABLE. THAT'S IT IS
IMPORTANT THAT SEE SUS CONSULT
DIRECTLY WITH TRIBES AND ENGAGE
IN MEANINGFUL, TIMELY
DISCUSSIONS REGARDING PROTOCOLS
FOR HANDLING AND IDENTIFIED IN
ANCESTRAL REMAINS AND CULTURAL
ITEMS. AND CREATE A CSU NAQURA
ADVISORY BOARD COMPRISED OF
TRIBAL LEADERS AND OTHER KEY
PARTNERS TASKED WITH OVERSEEING
REPATRIATION EFFORTS. WE SUPPORT
THE RECOMMENDATION IN THE REPORT
TO REQUIRE AN ANNUAL HEARING,
HOWEVER, THIS ANNUAL OVERSIGHT
HEARING MUST ALLOW TRIBES CSU
PERSONNEL, THE NATIVE AMERICAN
HERITAGE COMMISSION AND OTHER
KEY PARTNERS, A SEAT AT THE
TABLE TO DISCUSS THE REMAINING
BARRIERS TO REPATRIATION AND
PROGRESSION OF THE SEA SUS
COMPLIANCE WITH NAGRA AND
KALACHAKRA. IN CLOSING. IT IS
WELL PAST TIME THAT WE DEMAND
ACTION ON THE REQUIREMENTS OF
THESE HUMAN RIGHTS LEGISLATION.
FOR TRIBES THAT HAVE FACED
HISTORICAL TRAUMA. OUR ANCESTRAL
MAINS AND CULTURAL ITEMS, PLAY A
CRITICAL ROLE IN REVITALIZING
AND RECLAIMING OUR HERITAGE. ALL
EFFORTS TO PROTECT PROTECT
RESPECT AND COMPLY WITH
REPATRIATION ARE PARAMOUNT AND
PRESERVING OUR CULTURE FOR
FUTURE GENERATIONS. AS ALWAYS,
WE STAND STRONGEST TOGETHER. OUR
NATION IS COMMITTED TO
PARTNERING WITH THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. THE CALIFORNIA STATE
UNIVERSITY SYSTEMS ARE FELLOW
TRIBAL LEADERS AND OTHER KEY
PARTNERS AND ADDRESSING THE
NEGATIVE FINDINGS OF THIS AUDIT
AND TO REMOVING BARRIERS OF
REPATRIATION. WHICH GUYS THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR
YOUR COMMENTS. AND THANK YOU FOR
BRINGING UP SOME OF THOSE
RECOMMENDATIONS. BUT ALSO TO, UM
BE THAT VOICE THAT TRIBES MUST
BE AT THE TABLE. UM TO ENSURE
THAT PROPER HANDLING, UM EVEN
DURING THESE REVIEWS AND
BRINGING TO THE ATTENTION THAT
THE FEELINGS STILL IS IF TRIBES
WERE INVOLVED, AND WHEN THOSE
REVIEWS ARE BEING COMPLETED THAT
THEY WERE DISHONORING OUR
ANCESTORS BY MISHANDLING THEM,
UM AND IN A MANNER THAT WE COULD
ONLY IMAGINE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TESTIMONY. OUR NEXT, UM. SPEAKER
IS CHAIRMAN JACK POTTER FROM
REDDING RANCHERIA TRIBAL
GOVERNMENT. HAS THEM. MY NAME IS
JACK POTTER JR. I'M THE CHAIRMAN
OF READING THE ENTRY OF WIND TO
INDIANS. AND I DON'T WANT TO BE
REPETITIVE ON THE THINGS THAT
NEED TO BE FIXED. THERE ARE SO
MANY BUT WHAT TRULY NEEDS TO
HAPPEN? IS RESPECT OF OUR
REMAINS THE RESPECT OF OUR
ARTIFACTS. YOU KNOW, I'VE WORKED
WITH THE CSU, SAN FRANCISCO. AND
GOT SO FAR AND THEN A FEW MONTHS
AGO, THEY SENT A LETTER AND SAID
, WHAT REMAINS? WE'VE HAD THAT
BELONG TO YOUR TRIBE. WE HAVE
NOW TRANSFERRED TO BERKELEY.
HMM. AND SO NOW THE PROCESS IS
STARTING OVER AND I DON'T
UNDERSTAND THAT. BECAUSE WE WERE
AT A POINT WHERE WE WERE GETTING
READY TO HEAD OVER THERE AND
PICK THEM UP AND STUFF. AND SO
NOW. I HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE
èC. SYSTEM AT BERKELEY WHEN
THEY HOLD THE LARGEST AMOUNT OF
REMAINS. YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST
BOTHERSOME TO ME. I DON'T
UNDERSTAND WHY THAT CSU HAS DONE
THAT. YOU KNOW, BUT WHO KNOWS?
BUT FROM A SPIRITUAL POINT. IT'S
DAMAGING TO OUR SPIRIT NOWADAYS.
YOU HAVE TO GO INTO THESE PLACES
AND SEE OUR ANCESTORS. SITTING
ON THOSE SHELVES AND YOU HEAR
THEM. YOU HEAR THEIR SPIRIT AND
WALKING BY SOME OF THOSE ITEMS.
I HEARD THEM CHATTERING AND
HEARD DIFFERENT THINGS. BASKETS
YOU WOULD SEE HIM DANCE, AND I
BELIEVE THOSE ITEMS WERE MADE BY
OUR ANCESTORS SPECIFICALLY FROM
OUR BLOODLINE, AND THEY WERE
TRYING TO RECONNECT WHEN THEY
FELT OUR SPIRIT INTO THOSE
AREAS. THOSE THINGS NEED TO
REPEAT BE RETURNED HOME. AND IN
FACT. THE NATIVE PEOPLE NEED TO
BE A PART OF THAT FROM STEP ONE.
BECAUSE WE KNOW CERTAIN ITEMS
ARE TO BE HANDLED BY MEN.
CERTAIN THINGS ARE TO BE HANDLED
BY WOMEN. AND WHEN PEOPLE DON'T
UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF
THAT THEY'RE DAMAGING THE
SPIRITS OF THOSE ITEMS, EACH ONE
OF OUR CULTURAL ITEMS HAVE A
SPIRIT IN THE SPIRITS ARE STILL
ALIVE, AND THEY'RE WANTING TO
RECONNECT WITH THE PEOPLE. WITH
THE HOMELANDS WITH THIS THE
WATERS. THE MOUNTAINS AND
EVERYTHING THAT COMES FROM THAT
AREA WHERE THEY ORIGINATED AND
WHERE THEY WERE USED. TO KEEP
OUR CULTURAL PRACTICES IN OUR
RELIGION ALIVE. THOSE ITEMS HAVE
TO COME HOME AND TIME IS OF THE
ESSENCE THAT WE GET THROUGH
THIS. I AM GRATEFUL TO THE
ASSEMBLY MENOR, ALMOST
ASSEMBLYMAN ALVAREZ AND BOTH, UM
. BRANCHES OF THE GOVERNMENT TO
CALL UPON THIS AUDIT AND HAVE IT
COME FORTH. BUT IT'S SAD TO
THINK THAT ABOUT 700,000 OF OUR
PEOPLE. ARE THERE. THAT GENOCIDE
IS ALIVE AND REAL. IT'S STILL
HAPPENING UNTIL THEY COME HOME.
WE HAVE TO PUT THOSE SPIRITS
BACK TO REST. WE HAVE TO CREATE
SONGS. WE HAVE TO CREATE
PRAYERS. WE HAVE TO DO THOSE
THINGS AND WHILE I REPATRIATED
THAT GRANDMOTHER AND HER FIVE
GRANDCHILDREN TWO YEARS AGO. AND
I CHOSE THE DAY AND I DID A
PUBLIC BURIAL. I CHOSE MAY 5TH
ON MME. W DAY BECAUSE SHE WAS A
WOMAN. AND HER DEMISE WAS
HORRIBLE. SHE HAD HOLE IN THE
SIZE OF HER HEAD ABOUT THE SIZE
OF A BASEBALL, BUT HER PESTO WAS
THAT SAME SIZE IN OUR PESTO WAS
BROKEN HALF AND SO I COULD
ASSUME THAT SHE WAS GETTING
READY TO PREPARE FOOD AND FEED
HER GRANDCHILDREN. WHEN WHOEVER
CAME UPON HER BASTARD HEAD IN
AND THEN GRABBED THE FEET OF
THOSE GRANDCHILDREN. AND BASHED
THEIR HEADS IN BECAUSE THEIR
SKULLS WERE SO FRAGMENTED, BUT
THEY'RE LITTLE LEG BONES AND ARM
BONES AND RIBS ARE OKAY. AND I
KNOW FROM LISTENING TO THE
ELDERS THAT THAT IS WHAT THEY
DID TO OUR PEOPLE TO SAVE
BULLETS AND STUFF. BUT WHEN WE
PICKED HER UP SOON AS WE HIT THE
SOUTHERN TIP OF WIND TUNE
COUNTRY DOWN IN VALAIS KHÓ, SHE
STARTED SINGING A SONG. AS SHE
WAS IN THE CAR TRAVELING HOME.
SHE FELT THE SPIRIT OF OUR
COUNTRY. AND THERE WAS A
BEAUTIFUL THING TO KNOW. WE WERE
BRINGING HER HOME. AND WE'RE
GOING TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT
MANY, MANY TIMES. AND IT AFFECTS
MY SPIRIT SPIRITUALLY, AND I
ALWAYS HAVE TO GET RE GROUNDED,
BUT I'M GLAD THAT WE ARE ABLE TO
GET RE GROUNDED. BUT WE NEED TO
GET THEM HOME, AND HOPEFULLY IT
DON'T TAKE ANOTHER 30 YEARS.
HOPEFULLY, WE COULD GET THIS ALL
DONE IN FIVE YEARS AND GET
EVERYBODY BACK. AND FOR THOSE
THAT THEY'VE LOST. ALL THE
INFORMATION, TOO, AND THEY DON'T
KNOW WHERE THE REMAINS COME
FROM. WE, AS NATIVE PEOPLE IN
CALIFORNIA CAN COME TOGETHER.
AND HAVE A SOLUTION FOR THOSE
THAT ARE ON IDENTIFIABLE. ON
IDENTIFIABLE NOW. AND DO
SOMETHING TO GET THEM HOME TO
AND PUT THEIR SPIRITS BACK TO
REST. THANK YOU FOR THAT
TESTIMONY AND REALLY BRINGING IT
FULL CIRCLE. OF WHAT? OUR
ANCESTORS MEAN TO US. THEN JUST
BEING IN A BOX OR BEING ON
DISPLAY IN A CAL STATE
UNIVERSITY CLASSROOM OR IN THE
QATAR FOR CITIES THEY HAVE. THEY
HAVE MEANING. THEY HAVE MEANING
FOR US AND PROPER CULTURAL
ETIQUETTE. WHEN HANDLING THOSE
REMAINS CULTURALLY SENSITIVE.
SOME THINGS WERE FOR, UM MAYO
SOMEWHERE FOR FEMALES AND SOME.
HAD DIFFERENT MEANINGS. BUT
THAT'S WHY THE PRESENCE AND THE
VOICE OF CALIFORNIA'S FIRST
PEOPLE SHOULD BE FIRST AND
FOREMOST AT THE TABLE WHEN
DISCUSSING STARTING TO DISCUSS
THESE ISSUES WAY BEFORE THE
HANDLING OF THOSE REMAINS. TAKE
PLACE. THANK YOU FOR THAT. OUR
NEXT SPEAKER IS CHAIRMAN LEO
CISCO FROM THE TACHI YOKA TRIBE.
GOOD MORNING. UM. CHAIRMAN
ALVAREZ, CHAIRMAN RAMOS MEMBERS.
UH THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
TO GIVE. GIVE US A VOICE HERE
TODAY. UM I COME ON BEHALF OF
THE TACHI YOKA PEOPLE WERE
LOCATED IN THE SAN JOAQUIN
VALLEY. AND I SAY HERE TODAY
BECAUSE OF THESE ANCESTORS I SEE
HERE BECAUSE IT'S WHERE THE
VOICE OR THE VOICE THERE FOR
PEOPLE THAT CAN'T SPEAK FOR
THEMSELVES. THERE ARE THE
REASONS WHY THE US HAS TRIBAL
LEADERS SIT IN THESE CHAIRS TO
BE ABLE TO SPEAK FOR THEM FOR
ALL THE DATA FOR ALL THE DAMAGE
AND THE DISRESPECT AND TOTAL
DISREGARD FOR THEIR LIVES THAT
OCCURRED AND WE APPRECIATE THE
TIME THAT THE FORCING THE
AUDITORS HAVING THEM. UH, OPEN
THIS CONVERSATION. TO REALIZE
THE IMPORTANCE OF NATIVE PEOPLE
THAT THEY HAVE TO BE IN THE
CONVERSATION. AND I APPRECIATE,
UH, SUMMER METHODS FOR THE
ANALOGY FOR THE, UH, FOR THE
PEOPLE THAT SERVE THIS COUNTRY
AND THANK YOU. THAT YOU KNOW WE
WANT WE WANT OUR PEOPLE BURIED
THE WAY WE WOULD LIKE THEM
BURIED BECAUSE IF YOU WANT TO,
IF YOU WANT TO KNOW SOMETHING
ABOUT SO YOU GOT TO DO IS ASK.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN HERE TIME
AND MEMORIAL, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S
THE PART OF HAVING THAT
CONVERSATION IS THE UTMOST
IMPORTANCE TO HAVE SO THEY CAN.
THEY CAN SEE THAT. YOU KNOW,
WE'RE JUST YOU KNOW, WE'RE HUMAN
BEINGS JUST LIKE JUST LIKE THEY
ARE. YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE NO
DIFFERENCE. YOU KNOW, WE DON'T
SEE ANYBODY ELSE SITTING IN
BOXES TAGGED UP ON SHELVES PUT
ON DISPLAY IN CLASSROOMS BEING
TOUCHED INAPPROPRIATELY IN SAN
JOSE, AND THAT'S SAD TO SAY
THAT'S MY MOTHER'S ALMA MATER.
AND THE THING IS IN AND IN
LISTENING TO SOME OF THE
PRESENTATIONS EARLIER. UH USING
THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AS
AN EXAMPLE IS A VERY POOR
EXAMPLE BECAUSE THEY ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR A LOT OF OUR
PEOPLE SITTING ON SHELVES UNDER
A SWIMMING POOL TAGGED AND
THAT'S THE THING IS YOU KNOW?
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE YOUR PEOPLE
TO BE REMEMBERED? HOW WOULD YOU
LIKE TO YOUR PEOPLE TO BE
RESPECTED? IT'S THE UTMOST
IMPORTANCE. AND THE THING IS,
YOU KNOW, WHERE DO WE GO FROM
NOW? WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO
COLLABORATE WORK TOGETHER. ASK
THOSE QUESTIONS AND AS PAINFUL
AS AS IT IS, AND IT'S VERY
PAINFUL FOR SOME OF OUR ELDERS
THAT DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT
IT, YOU KNOW, JUST ARE YOKA.
PEOPLE WERE ONE OF THE LARGEST
TRIBES IN CALIFORNIA. YOU KNOW
THEY'RE THE SPANIARDS CAME IN
THE GOVERNMENT CAME IN THEY THEY
EMPTIED TULARE LAKE, AND NOW WE
WERE ONE OF THE SMALLEST TRIBES
IN CALIFORNIA. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT
? OUR NATIVE PEOPLE ARE STILL
HERE, AND WE'RE NOT. WE'RE VERY
RESILIENT. WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO
ANYWHERE AND WITH WITH KELSEY
ISSUE WORKING WITH US, WE CAN
MAKE THAT POSSIBLE AND HEARING
TODAY. I HOPE IT'S JUST NOT
EMPTY PROMISES BECAUSE AS US AS
NATIVE PEOPLE ARE SAD TO SAY
IT'S VERY HARD TO TRUST PEOPLE
THAT GIVE YOU FALSE PROMISES,
AND WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO
REBUILD THAT TRUST, YOU KNOW FOR
OUR PEOPLE, BECAUSE SOME OF OUR
ELDERS THEY HOLD ON TO THAT,
TOO. THEY GO TO THEIR GRAVE. AND
FOR US IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY
IS TRIBAL LEADERS TO GIVE THAT
PLATFORMS AIMING TO SPEAK FOR
THOSE THAT YOU KNOW, AS PAINFUL
AS IT MAY IS TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK
THROUGH THAT PAIN AND HAVE THE
CSU AND MANY OTHERS THAT HAVE
OUR ANCESTORS REMAINS AND THEIR
BELONGINGS SITTING IN, YOU KNOW,
SITTING IN STORAGE. AND REALLY
NOT REALLY HAVING NO DISREGARD.
IT'S NOT HAVING NO DISREGARD FOR
HUMAN LIFE. THAT'S A SUPPORT
EXAMPLE OF HUMANITY. I
UNDERSTAND THAT YOU KNOW,
THERE'S THESE ARE AH! EDUCATION
ESTABLISHMENTS, SO TO SPEAK. BUT
FOR US EDUCATION COMES IN MANY
FORMS. NO YOU LEARNED ABOUT
YOURSELF THROUGH LIFE, EVEN
ABOUT PEOPLE'S EXPERIENCES. YOU
KNOW, WE'VE HAD EXPERIENCES AS
NATIVE PEOPLE, AND THEY'RE VERY
PAINFUL EXPERIENCES. NO, WE
DON'T WISH THAT UPON ANYBODY,
BUT JUST UNDERSTAND THAT ALL WE
WANT IS FOR ANCESTORS TO COME
HOME AND BE RESPECTED AND COME
HOME WITH THE REST IN PEACE
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW SITTING AND
SITTING IN THOSE BOXES BEING AN
ON DISPLAY THEY'RE NOT RESTING
RIGHT NOW. THEY WANT TO COME
HOME. SO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING
US TO SPEAK TODAY. THANK YOU,
CHAIRMAN CISCO FOR NOT ONLY
BEING ON THIS POUND, BUT PRIOR
PANELS WHEN WE DEALT WITH THE
èC, UM, SYSTEM PRIOR AND NOW
DEALING WITH THE CAL STATE
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM. THAT THE WORD
RESPECT CONTINUED TO RESONATE IN
YOUR PRESENTATION, RESPECT THAT
FOR MANY CALIFORNIA'S FIRST
PEOPLE I STILL DON'T FEEL THAT
WE'RE AT THAT POINT. WHEN WE SEE
THESE TYPES OF AUDITS DONE, AND
THE LACK OF REPATRIATION MOVING
FORWARD, I THINK IT WAS 6% OF
THE TOTAL. UH ITEMS TO BE
REPATRIATED, HAVE ONLY BEEN
REPATRIATED BACK. UM SINCE THE
TIME OF THESE LAWS COMING INTO
PLACE, SO IT IS AND IT TRULY IS
THE VOICES THAT WE SPEAK. IT'S
NOT OF US. IT'S OUR ANCESTORS
THAT STILL NEED THAT VOICE TO BE
HEARD. AND WE STAND HERE TODAY.
THERE'S BODY STANDS HERE,
HEARING THESE THINGS. AND WE
HEARD FROM OTHERS SENATORS THAT
THIS ISSUE IS NOT GOING TO BE
JUST DROPPED BY THE WAYSIDE.
WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT A TOP
PRIORITY HERE IN THE
LEGISLATURE, UM THROUGH THE J
LACK AND THE DIFFERENT BODIES
HERE. THANK YOU FOR THAT. OUR
NEXT SPEAKER. YES LAUREL ROSS,
VICE CHAIRWOMAN FROM THE
FEDERATED INDIANS OF GREAT
RANCHERIA. OPEN, TWO ISH. HELLO
CHAIRMAN. UH ALVAREZ AND. RAMOS
AND MEMBERS OF THE JOINT
LEGISLATIVE AUDIT COMMITTEE AND
SELECT COMMITTEE AND TRIBAL
LEADERS. MY NAME IS LAUREL ROSS
. I AM THE VICE CHAIR OF THE
FEDERATED INDIANS OF GREAT AND
RANCHERIA. WE ARE FEDERALLY
RECOGNIZED TRIBE COMPRISED OF
COAST MIWOK AND SOUTHERN POMO.
PEOPLE'S OUR RESERVATION IS IN
SONOMA COUNTY AND OUR ABORIGINAL
, TRADITIONAL AND CULTURAL
TERRITORY. IS IN PRESENT DAY
SANOMA AND MARINE COUNTIES. SO
NO MISS STATE UNIVERSITY SITS ON
OUR ABORIGINAL LANDS. THERE ARE
ALSO COMMUNITY COLLEGES, PRIVATE
COLLEGES AND MUSEUMS WITHIN OUR
ABORIGINAL TERRITORY. THE TRIBES
STRONGLY AGREES WITH THE
FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF
THE AUDIT OF THE CALIFORNIA
STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM. IN 2021
, THE AUDITOR FOUND THAT THE UC
CAMPUSES OVERWHELMINGLY FAILED
TO INVENTORY AND REPATRIATE
THEIR COLLECTIONS OF HUMAN
REMAINS. AND CULTURAL ITEMS
REQUIRED BY CAL MAG PRA. NOW IN
JUNE, 2023 THE AUDITOR HAS FOUND
THAT THE SEA SUS HAVE ALSO
OVERWHELMINGLY BUILD INVENTORY
AND REPATRIATE THEIR COLLECTIONS
TO TRIBES. IT IS IMPORTANT TO
RECOGNIZE THAT ALL STATE
AGENCIES AND MUSEUMS THAT
RECEIVE STATE AND FEDERAL
FUNDING HAVE AND HAVE HUMAN
REMAINS ARE CULTURAL ITEMS MUST
COMPLY WITH BOTH NAGRA AND CAL
MAG BRAH, THEREFORE, MISSING
FROM THIS DISCUSSION IS WHAT IF
ANY PROGRESS, STATE AGENCIES AND
MUSEUMS HAVE MADE TO REPATRIATE
ANCESTORS AND CULTURAL ITEMS.
THE AUDIT SPECIFICALLY
RECOMMENDS LEGISLATION MANDATING
THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE TO
ANNUALLY REPORT TO THE
LEGISLATURE ON THE CSU SYSTEM.
WIDE PROGRESS IN INVENTORYING
ITS COLLECTIONS CONSULTING WITH
TRIBES AND REPATRIATION. ANY
LEGISLATION MUST BE DEVELOPED
WITH TRIBES AS LAWMAKERS CANNOT
AND SHOULD NOT. PREDETERMINE
WHAT IS BEST FOR TRIBES.
LAWMAKERS MUST WORK WITH TRIBES
HOLISTICALLY AND BE SOLUTION
ORIENTED. ALL EFFORTS MUST BE
TRIBALLY LEAD. WE NEED SIMILAR
LAWS AS AN A B 2836 THE GLORIA
BILL. WHICH WAS CLOSELY
DEVELOPED WITH TRIBES. AS IT WAS
ENACTED TO HOLD THE UCS
ACCOUNTABLE. WE NEED THAT
SIMILAR LAW TO HOLD THE CSU
AGENCIES AND MUSEUMS
ACCOUNTABLE. WE CANNOT JUST
PIECEMEAL LEGISLATION OR DEVELOP
A BILL WITHOUT TRUE TRIBAL
CONSULTATION. WE MUST SEE AROMA
ROBUST BILL THAT SHOULD BE
DEVELOPED WITH TRIBES AND HAVE
THAT ENACTED BECAUSE THE AUDIT
IS THE ONLY OVERSIGHT TOOL
AVAILABLE TO BRING STATE
AGENCIES AND MUSEUMS INTO
COMPLIANCE. WE URGE THE JOINT
LEGISLATIVE AUDIT COMMITTEE TO
DIRECT THE STATE AUDITOR TO
CONDUCT AUDITS OF STATE AGENCIES
AND MUSEUMS TO MEET THE INTENT
OF NAG PRA AND CAL NAGRA ANNUAL
REPORTING BY AGENCIES AND
MUSEUMS MUST BE A LEGISLATIVE
MANDATE. OUR TRIBE HAS DONE
EXTENSIVE WORK WITH SONOMA STATE
UNIVERSITY THAT SPANS SEVERAL
DECADES. TOGETHER WE ESTABLISHED
THE GREAT AND RANCHERIA AND DOWD
CHAIR AND WRITING AND NATIVE
AMERICAN STUDIES ARE CHAIRMAN
GREG SARAH'S EVEN HELD THIS
ENDOWED CHAIR FOR 17 YEARS WE
HAVE PROVIDED FUNDS TO SONOMA
STATE FOR THEIR SUMMER BRIDGE
PROGRAMS SINCE 2017 AND HAVE
FUNDED OTHER SONOMA STATE.
PROJECTS EVEN WITH THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF THIS
RELATIONSHIP, AND DESPITE SOME
REPATRIATIONS OVER THE YEARS,
THERE ARE STILL THOUSANDS OF
CULTURAL ITEMS THAT HAVE NOT
BEEN TRANSFERRED TO THE TRIBE.
GOING BACK TO 1998. THE TRIBE
REACHED OUT TO SONOMA STATE
REQUESTING CULTURAL AFFILIATION
OF 10 COLLECTIONS AT SONOMA
STATE AND 1999 SONOMA STATE
RESPONDED THAT THEY WERE
RESOLVED TO CULTURALLY AFFILIATE
THOSE COLLECTIONS IN A TIMELY
MANNER TO RETURN ITEMS TO THE
TRIBE. IN 2000 MISTAKE PROVIDED
A DRAFT NOTICE OF AFFILIATION TO
NATURAL PARK SERVICES SIX YEARS
LATER IN 2006 SONOMA STATE,
ALERTED THE TRIBE AND AMENDED
NOTICE WOULD BE SENT TO NATIONAL
PARK SERVICE IS THIS
ILLUSTRATES? THE NUMBER OF YEARS
IT TAKES FOR JUST A FEW
REPATRIATIONS. AND EVEN WHEN WE
THINK WE'RE DONE MORE HER AT IT
, EITHER BECAUSE OF NEW
INFORMATION OR NEWLY FOUND ITEMS
TO DATE. MY TRIBE STILL HAS OVER
600 COLLECTIONS AT SONOMA STATE,
RANGING IN SIZE FROM ONE ITEM TO
AS MANY AS 50,000 OBJECTS. THIS
IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF A LONG
AND DIFFICULT PROCESS WE FACE IN
OUR EFFORTS TO REPATRIATE OUR
CULTURAL ITEMS AND OUR
ANCESTORS. CSU LEADERSHIP
CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE MUST TAKE
RESPONSIBILITY FOR COMPLIANCE
FUNDING, TRAINING, REPORTING AND
ENFORCEMENT AND NIAGARA AND CAL
NIAGARA BèC OFFICE OF THE
PRESIDENT, AS MANDATED BY THE
GLORIA BILL ADOPTED A èC NAGPUR
POLICY IN 2021. THIS POLICY CAN
BE USED BY THE CHANCELLOR'S
OFFICE AS A ROADMAP TO DEVELOP
THE CSU POLICY AND ESTABLISHED
COMMITTEES. TO IMPLEMENT NAG PRA
AND CAL MAG BRAH CHAIRMAN
SARAH'S WAS RECENTLY APPOINTED.
TO THE èC BORDER REGIONS, THE
BODY THAT GOVERNS èC CHAIRMAN
SARAH SERVED ON THE U. C OFFICE
OF PRESIDENT ADVISORIES
COMMITTEE, THE COMMITTEE THAT
APPROVED THE èC NAGPUR POLICY
ARE TRIBAL HERITAGE PRESERVATION
OFFICER BUFFY MCCLELLAND SERVES
ON THE UC SYSTEM WIDE COMMITTEE.
THROUGH STRONG LEADERSHIP AND
ACTION. MY TRIBE HELPED SHAPE
NIAGARA AND CAL MAG FOR
IMPLEMENTATION AND COMPLIANCE AT
THE U. C ALONG WITH OTHER TRIBAL
LEADERS. WE HOPE THIS IS
ACHIEVABLE FOR EVERY CSU
ENCLOSING I REFLECT THAT IN 2019
GOVERNOR, NEWSOM FINALLY
APOLOGIZED FOR THE VIOLENCE,
MALTREATMENT AND NEGLECT
INFLICTED ON TRIBES. IT IS NOW
TIME FOR THE STATE TO RIGHT.
THESE WRONGS RETURN OUR
ANCESTORS AND CULTURAL ITEMS AND
ATONE FOR THE GENERATIONS OF
MALTREATMENT AND NEGLECT.
REPATRIATION AS AN ACT. OF
REPAIRING THE PAST. THIS IS WHAT
MAKES US WHOLE AGAIN. RETURNING
ANCESTORS, CULTURAL ITEMS AND
CEREMONIES TO THE TRIBE. THE
TRIBE HAS BEEN SEEKING
REPATRIATION OF OUR ANCESTORS
AND CULTURAL ITEMS AT THE
NATIONAL AND STATE LEVEL FOR
DECADES. WE WILL NOT STOP UNTIL
EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING IS HOME
AND WE ARE WHOLE. I THANK YOU
FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR ALLOWING
ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO
PARTICIPATE IN TODAY'S HEARING.
AND HEARING MY NATIVE VOICE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
THAT TESTIMONY. AND BRINGING THE
LIGHT THAT, UM WE HAVE TO DO
SOME TYPE OF ACT. CERTAINLY THE
AUDITS BEEN DONE RECOMMENDATIONS
MOVING FORWARD, BUT THE LARGER
THE LARGER PART OF BUILDING UM
LEGISLATION THAT STARTS TO
ADDRESS IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE
HOPE WILL BE ABLE TO BE DONE. SO
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
THANK YOU FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE
OF YOU HERE, WE'LL OPEN UP ANY
QUESTIONS FROM THE DIOCESE. I
JUST WANNA. AGAIN ACKNOWLEDGE
AND RECOGNIZE, UM YOU PUTTING
NOT JUST THE FACE, BUT LIFE IN
THE FACTS THAT WERE DEMONSTRATED
BY THE AUDIT. AND THE
SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS. UM
CERTAINLY TO YOU, BUT TO ALL OF
US AS HUMAN BEINGS. I THINK IT'S
JUST IT'S A MOMENT OF REFLECTION
OF CERTAINLY WHAT WHAT HAS
HAPPENED IN THE PAST AND SHOULD
NOT HAVE HAPPENED. AND HOW, AS
WE MOVE FORWARD WITH LEGISLATION
WITH UM, BUDGETARY ACTION. WITH
OVERSIGHT CONTINUED OVERSIGHT.
HOW WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO DO
BETTER. UH HUH. AND HOW WE ARE
ALL COLLECTIVELY RESPONSIBLE FOR
THAT. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
YOUR TESTIMONY. YOUR PRESENCE
TODAY AND FOR THE ONGOING WORK
THAT I KNOW YOU WILL ENGAGE WITH
THAT YOU'VE ALREADY DONE AND
WILL CONTINUE TO BE ENGAGED WITH
EACH ONE OF OUR UNIVERSITIES.
UH, IN BOTH SYSTEMS. AND AT
OTHER INSTITUTIONS AS YOU ALL
RECOMMENDED THAT WE SHOULD THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH
. ANY OTHERS? SENATOR LAIRD? I
JUST MAKE A BRIEF COMMENT. IT'S
AND I MISSED. A PART OF THE
COMMENTS IN THIS PANEL, BUT I
JUST KNOW IT'S NOT EASY TO TALK
PERSONALLY. AND TELL THOSE
PERSONAL STORIES AND I JUST WANT
TO THANK YOU ALL FOR DOING IT,
AND I KNOW THAT CHAIRMAN'S
SARAH'S HAS BEEN APPOINTED TO
THE U. C BOARD OF REGIONS AND I
SIT ON THE SENATE RULES
COMMITTEE AND WE HAVE NOT
CONFIRMED HIM YET, AND WE
USUALLY HAVE A LONG HEARING.
WHERE WE DISCUSS ISSUES, AND NOW
I HAVE AN ISSUE TO ADD THAT I
WILL RAISE IN THAT CONVERSATION
, AND I THINK IT WILL BE HELPFUL
BECAUSE IT WILL EDUCATE OTHER
PEOPLE AND IT HASN'T COME UP IN.
AND SOME OF OUR èC REGIONS
CONFIRMATION, SO THIS HEARING
HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL FOR THAT
PURPOSE. THANK YOU, MR CHAIRMAN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. SENATOR
LAIRD. REMEMBER MATTHEWS. THANK
YOU. CHAIRMAN AND CHAIRS. THANK
YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME. AND.
YOU KNOW YOU WE'VE HEARD WE'VE
WE'VE DISCUSSED. WE'VE MADE SOME
COMMENTS. IT'S BEEN A LONG
MORNING. BUT THIS HAS BEEN A
LONG TIME COMING. AND, UM I
THINK. CHAIRMAN OF POTTER WHEN
YOU SPOKE ABOUT THE SOULS EVENT
ANCESTORS SITTING IN BOXES. I
DON'T THINK THAT TOO MANY. WHO
DON'T UNDERSTAND. TRIBES
REALIZED THAT BECAUSE THE
CULTURAL DIFFERENCE TO THEM.
IT'S BONES AND BOXES. HMM. IT'S
NOT A SOUL. OF AN ANCESTOR THAT
WANTS TO GO HOME. AND IT'S
VITAL. THAT. AGAIN AS AS WE
BUILD THESE POLICIES AS POLICY
MAKERS THAT IS, WE PUT TOGETHER
THAT FABRIC. SÐNG THAT TOGETHER.
THAT THAT VIEWPOINT IS ADDED
THERE. AT THE BEGINNING, SO I
WANT TO THANK YOU FOR SHARING
THAT. THANK YOU ALL. COMING TO
SHARE YOUR STORIES. YOUR FAMILY
STORIES. BECAUSE IT'S THROUGH
THESE THAT THOSE THAT DON'T
KNOW. THAT THEY DON'T KNOW. HAVE
THE ABILITY TO LEARN. THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR THAT. AND THANK YOU
FOR THE PANEL AND TAKING TIME TO
BE HERE TO HONOR OUR ANCESTORS
AND BE THAT VOICE. THERE STILL
IS A LOT OF WORK THAT NEEDS TO
BE DONE. PIECES OF LEGISLATION.
SOME ALLUDED TO THEM. UM BUT WE
CAN'T AS AS CALIFORNIA'S FIRST
PEOPLE. WE HAVE TO ALSO CONTINUE
TO BE THAT STRONG VOICE FOR OUR
ANCESTORS THAT CONTINUE TO CRY
OUT LIKE WE HEARD IN THE
TESTIMONY. WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO
MOVE FORWARD. SO I WANNA THANK
YOU FOR BEING HERE AND BRINGING
ALL THE KNOWLEDGE FORWARD THE
HANDLING OF REMAINS, EVEN THOUGH
SOME CAL STATES HAVE COMPLETED
REVIEW, WHO DID THE REVIEW? WAS
IT TAKEN WITH A TRAVEL
PERSPECTIVE? WE HEARD AS FAR AS
DRAFT POLICIES THAT TRIBAL VOICE
NEEDS TO BE PRESENT, EVEN AT THE
BEGINNING OF THOSE DRAFT
POLICIES, AND CERTAINLY IF NAG
PRESS ARE GOING TO BE CREATED
COMMITTEES THAT IT SHOULD BE
NATIVE AMERICANS OUTWEIGHING
THOSE ON THOSE COMMITTEES
THEMSELVES. SO I WANT TO THANK
YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE AND
SHARING THOSE STORIES. AND IT
IS, UM TRYING FOR EACH AND EVERY
ONE OF US TO BE ABLE TO GO
THROUGH THESE THINGS AND SING
SONGS AND DO OUR PRAYERS THAT
HELPS US GET THROUGH THESE
THINGS, BUT ALSO BEING THAT
STRONG VOICE FOR OUR ANCESTORS
THAT ARE STILL CALLING OUT.
RIGHT CORRECT THE WRONGS OF THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA. SO I WANNA
THANK YOU AGAIN AS WE NOW
TRANSITION TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
WILL BE TAKING PUBLIC COMMENT.
AT THE MIKE. THERE WILL BE
LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES IF YOU
CAN, AND PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
AND AFFILIATION. GO AHEAD, MISS
MIRANDA. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME
IS LAURA MIRANDA. I'M A MEMBER
OF THE PECHANGA TRIBE AND I AM A
TRIBAL ADVOCATE AND ATTORNEY
PRACTICING IN THE AREA OF
CULTURAL RESEARCHES PRESERVATION
FOR OVER 25 YEARS. I'VE BEEN
DOING REPATRIATION SINCE THE
LATE EIGHTIES, AND I AM ALSO ON
THE UC SYSTEM WIDE COMMITTEE AND
HELPED DEVELOP THE èC POLICY
THAT THEY CURRENTLY HAVE IN
PLACE FOR REPATRIATION. UM I
JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COUPLE OF
BRIEF COMMENTS AND SUPPORT ALL
THE TRIBAL LEADERS THAT JUST
TESTIFIED, UM PECHANGA IS IN A
SIMILAR SITUATION TO GIVE AN
EXAMPLE UM, ALTHOUGH C S U L A.
IT SHOWED ZERO ITEMS WE
PERSONALLY KNOW OF AT LEAST 700
BOXES OF ITEMS THAT ARE
AFFILIATED, UM TO SAN NICOLAS
ISLAND AND MY TRIBE. AND UM,
HAVE BEEN IN DISPUTE BETWEEN THE
NAVY AND C S. U L A. SO THERE
ARE THESE TYPES OF REALLY
INTRICATE ISSUES WHERE THERE ARE
NOT AGREEMENT ABOUT WHO HAS PER
PROPRIETARY INTEREST OVER THESE
ITEMS, AND IT DELAYS
REPATRIATION, SO THESE ISSUES
ARE CRUCIALLY IMPORTANT. BECAUSE
THEY'RE VERY TECHNICAL. IT TAKES
A, UM, A BALANCING ACT OF
FEDERAL LAW, STATE LAW AND
TRIBAL ETHICS AND TRIBAL VALUES
TO BE BROUGHT TOGETHER IN ONE
POLICY. IT TOOK US OVER THREE
YEARS. OF èC. CONSOLE TING WITH
TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS AND
CONSULTING WITH THE NATIVE
AMERICAN HERITAGE COMMISSION TO
COME UP WITH A èC POLICY THAT
IS STILL NOT ADEQUATE. IT'S
STILL NOT ADEQUATE, AND IT'S
STILL NOT, UM, ACCEPTABLE TO
MOST TRIBES THAT ARE TRYING TO
FOLLOW THESE PROCESSES. UM HMM.
PLEASE I JUST CAUTION TO BE
CAREFUL TO NOT CUT AND PASTE.
WHAT IS IN THE U. C TO THE C S U
WE CANNOT OVERLOOK THE TRIBAL
CONSULTATION THAT NEEDS TO
HAPPEN AND LEARNING FROM WHAT WE
DID AT U. C WHAT DOES WORK AND
WHAT DOESN'T WORK? FOR EXAMPLE,
YOU MIGHT HAVE A STRUCTURE AND
POLICY REQUIREMENTS FOR THESE
COMMITTEES TO HAVE TRIBAL FOLKS
SERVE. THESE TRIBAL FOLKS ARE
VOLUNTARY. THERE'S NOT ENOUGH
TRIBAL FOLKS TO SERVE AND THEY
DO NOT. THEY DO NOT OFTEN TIMES
GET THE AUTHORITY THAT THEY NEED
. I HAVE BEEN SITTING ON THE UC
SYSTEM WIDE FOR TWO YEARS, I
HAVE HELPED THE U. C OFFICE OF
THE PRESIDENT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT
IS NEEDED TO MOVE REPATRIATION
AND STILL EVERYTHING THAT WE ARE
SAYING AS TRIBAL PEOPLE IS NOT
BEING HEATED. SO I DON'T WANT TO
JUST REPLICATE THE SAME TYPE OF
SYSTEM FOR CSU THAT'S GOING TO
BE INEFFECTIVE IN THIS REGARD.
SO CAN WE PLEASE LEARN FROM WHAT
DOES WORK AND DOESN'T WORK WITH
YOU SEE, AND TAKE THAT INTO THE
NEXT CHAPTER. IN ADDITION, A
CORE PROBLEM IS ACADEMIC ETHICS
. THAT IS A CORE PROBLEM. AND
YOU CANNOT ADDRESS THAT BY JUST
IMPLEMENTING POLICY. ON PAPER.
IT IS THE TRAINING OF ON THE
TRIBAL CULTURE. THE HISTORY OF
HOW THESE THINGS CAME TO BE WHAT
THEY ARE TODAY. ARCHAEOLOGY IS
THE PROBLEM. IT'S NOT THE
SOLUTION. TRIBES ARE THE
SOLUTION. THIS SHOULD NOT BE
ROOTED IN ARCHAEOLOGY. IT SHOULD
NOT BE ROOTED IN ARCHAEOLOGICAL
DEPARTMENTS. IT SHOULD NOT BE
HEADED UP BY ARCHAEOLOGISTS THAT
ARE NOT TRIBALLY LEAD. IT NEEDS
TO BE A TRIBALLY DRIVEN PROCESS
. AND LASTLY, CONSULTATION IS A
CORE PIECE OF THIS TRIBAL
CONSULTATION. IT'S NOT A ONE
TIME THING. IT'S NOT A
PARTNERSHIP. IT'S NOT A JOINT
EFFORT. IT SHOULD BE TRIBALLY
DRIVEN. NOT ACADEMICALLY DRIVEN
, NOT DRIVEN BY BY WHAT WOULD BE
, UH, UNIVERSITY POLICY ETHICS
POLICY. IT NEEDS TO BE DRIVEN BY
TRIBAL VALUE SYSTEMS AND TRIBAL
ETHICS. UM LASTLY, I JUST WANT
TO SAY THAT THERE IS ALSO, UM,
THE GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS. THAT ARE
AVAILABLE FOR POTENTIAL REBURIAL
OF THESE ITEMS IS AN ISSUE. UM
MOST OF THESE ITEMS ARE
RECOVERED FROM PLACES WHERE
TRIBES WOULD LIKE THEM TO BE
RETURNED TO AND THERE IS NOT
THAT ABILITY TO DO THAT IF
THERE'S NOT LAND TO REBURY THESE
ITEMS, AND IT'S A REASON THAT
SOME OF THESE SOME OF THESE
REPATRIATIONS ARE DELAYED. SO
THIS IS ANOTHER ISSUE TO COME.
FULL REPATRIATION. WE NEED TO
UNDERSTAND HOW TRIBES DO
REPATRIATE AND WHAT THEY ARE
DOING WITH THESE ITEMS AND WHAT
THEY NEED TO DO WITH THESE ITEMS
ONCE REPATRIATED. UM I JUST WANT
TO CLOSE WITH SAYING THAT IT IS
BEEN UM, IT HAS BEEN.
REPATRIATION SHOULD BE A PART OF
A REPARATIONS PACKAGE. THAT THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA PUTS
TOGETHER THROUGH THIS THROUGH A
REPARATIONS REPORT, WHICH I HEAR
MIGHT BE PENDING. BUT THIS IS A
LONG OVERDUE ISSUE. THAT SHOULD
BE A FOCAL POINT OF ANY
REPARATIONS PROGRAM IN THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA. AND I JUST WANT
TO CLOSE WITH THAT. THANK YOU
FOR THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE
COMMENTS TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT. REMEMBER?
ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT. STATE
YOUR NAME? YES MR CHAIRMAN POLIT
TREAT BEHALF OF PECHANGA TAEJON
AND THE COLLUSIVE TRIBES. I JUST
WANT TO SAY THAT I'VE BEEN
WORKING IN THESE AREAS FOR 28
YEARS. I CONSIDER MYSELF TO BE A
PRETTY GOOD LOBBYIST. AND IT'S
TAKEN ALL OF THIS TIME TO HAVE
THE AUDIT DONE AND GET TO WHERE
WE ARE RIGHT NOW. PLEASE SETTLE
THIS BEFORE I RETIRE. WHEN WILL
THAT BE MIGHT BE NEXT YEAR. WHO
KNOWS HARD? ANY OTHER PUBLIC
COMMENT. MR CHAIR PAMELA LOPEZ
ON BEHALF OF THE TOOLEY RIVER
TRIBE TO LI RIVER WISHES TO
ALIGN THEMSELVES WITH THE
COMMENTS OF THE CHAIRPERSONS
HERE TODAY. THANK YOU FOR THIS
IMPORTANT WORK. IT HAS BEEN 28
YEARS AND TRULY RIVER LOOKS
FORWARD TO BRINGING THEIR
ANCESTORS HOME. THANK YOU SO
MUCH. ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT.
JIMMY SON, WE MORNINGSTAR GALLEY
LIKE ATTACK HEE MAGIMEL GSG
NAMES MORNINGSTAR CALI, AND I AM
A DIRECTOR WITH INDIGENOUS
JUSTICE. THANK YOU TO
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S RAMOS FOR
LEADING THESE EFFORTS. I
RECENTLY MET WITH OUR PIT RIVER
TRIBE CULTURAL COMMITTEE, UM,
THAT CONSISTS OF 11 AUTONOMOUS
BANDS, ALL OF OUR CULTURAL
COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND CULTURAL
ELDERS. I WOULD LIKE TO
PARTICIPATE IN CONSULTATION
REGARDING THIS MATTER. AND SO I
JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT ON
BEHALF OF PITT RIVER TRIBE.
THEY'RE VERY GRATEFUL TO YOU.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S ALMOST FOR
LEADING THESE EFFORTS AND
UNDERSTAND, UH, PEAR RIVER TRIBE
HAS BEEN INVOLVED FOR THE PAST
16 YEARS VERY ACTIVELY IN OUR
CULTURAL REPATRIATION EFFORTS.
WE UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE AND
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE CURRENT
HARMS THAT HAVE BEEN CAUSED
WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES. WE HAVE
A RECENT STORY THAT JUST LIKE WE
WERE MENTIONING AT OUR LANGUAGE
, UM, EVENT THIS PAST WEEKEND
WHERE IT WAS THROUGH THE
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION THAT
HAD PAID FOR A STUDY TO UNEARTH
OUR ANCESTORS. AND IT WAS A
LANGUAGE STUDY WHERE THEY WERE
STUDYING. UM ARE HEARING CANALS
AND OUR THROAT BOXES. THIS WAS
IN THE 19 SIXTIES, WHEN WE HAD
MANY LANGUAGE SPEAKER STILL
ALIVE. UM THE WE ARE NOW
APPLYING TO NATIONAL SCIENCE
FOUNDATION FOR ONGOING CULTURAL
LANGUAGE EFFORTS IN TERMS OF
DATABASES, AND SO IT'S REALLY A
FULL AH! CIRCLE EFFORT. BUT IT
IS A PART OF THE, UM DOES NEED
TO BE A PART OF THOSE, UH,
EFFORTS IN TERMS OF MAKING RIGHT
AND CORRECTING THOSE WRONGS THAT
HAVE HAPPENED TO CALIFORNIA
TRIBALS PEOPLE, SO WE JUST
WANTED TO SAY SO LIE FOR THIS
HEARING AND FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
TO BE ABLE TO COME FORWARD.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT. ANY
OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT. WELL I
WANT TO THANK EVERYONE ALL THE
DIFFERENT PANELISTS, THE
AUDITORS FOR CONDUCTING IT AND
BEING, UM, AN INDEPENDENT VOICE
OF WHAT TRULY IS HAPPENING
WITHIN THE CAL STATE UNIVERSITY
SYSTEM. UM WHEN DEALING WITH
REPATRIATION, UM, GOING BACK TO
CALIFORNIA'S FIRST PEOPLE. AND
ALSO TO THE CALIFORNIA STATE
UNIVERSITY PANEL BEING HERE IN
THE DISCUSSION AND THE
WILLINGNESS TO MOVE FORWARD AND
YOU HEARD IT HERE. TRIBES DO
WANT TO BE CONSULTED. SO IF
THERE IS A CONTACT NUMBER,
PLEASE LET US KNOW SO WE COULD
GET THAT OUT TO THOSE THAT WANT
TO BE INVOLVED FROM THE
BEGINNING FROM THE DRAFT
POLICIES THAT WILL BE ENACTED
FROM THE CAL STATE UNIVERSITY
SYSTEM WIDE. AND EVEN AT THE
CAMPUS IS BEING ABLE TO MOVE
FORWARD. AND TO THE TRIBAL
LEADERS. THAT SO ELOQUENTLY PUT
INTO PERSPECTIVE THAT WE'RE NOT
JUST DEALING WITH REMAINS. WE'RE
DEALING WITH LOVED ONES. FAMILY
MEMBERS, UM CHAIRMAN POTTER.
TALKED ABOUT THE REPATRIATION
AND REBURIAL THAT HE DID AND HOW
THE SINGING TOOK PLACE. AND
CHAIRWOMAN BILL TALKED ABOUT,
EVEN THOUGH CAL STATES HAVE
COMPLETED THE REVIEW WHO HANDLED
THOSE REMAINS AND WHERE THEY
DONE WITH PROPER, UM NOT ONLY
MORAL EPT ITUDE BUT PROPER
RESPECT. THAT'S WHY THE NEED TO
BE ABLE TO HAVE CALIFORNIA'S
FIRST PEOPLE FIRST AND FOREMOST
, WHEN THIS DISCUSSION TAKES
PLACE, UM, IS TRULY NEEDED. AND
HOPEFULLY THAT MESSAGE COULD BE
RELAYED TO THE INCOMING
CHANCELLOR. UM WHO WE WISH TO
WORK WITH, BUT ALSO WELL HOLD
ACCOUNTABLE BECAUSE 28 YEARS IS
TOO LONG FOR US TO GET TO THIS
POINT. AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT'S HAPPENING. UM AND
JUST BRINGING FULL CIRCLE TO MY
COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE BEEN HERE
AND MOVING TO DIFFERENT
COMMITTEES. AND YOU HEARD THAT
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NOW THE
LEGISLATURE IS GOING TO TAKE, UM
A STRONG LOOK AT WHEN IT COMES
TO BUDGETS WHEN IT COMES TO THE
REPORTING MECHANISM BACK TO THE
LEGISLATURE THAT HAS BEEN
IDENTIFIED IN THE LEGISLATIVE
FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
FROM THE AUDIT. WE HAVE TO START
MOVING FORWARD IN THAT DIRECTION
DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S THE END
DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S GOING TO
BE ABLE TO FIX EVERYTHING THAT'S
BEEN WRONG, BUT WE HAVE TO BE
ABLE TO START MOVING FORWARD AND
BELIEVE ME, THERE WILL BE OTHER
PIECES OF LEGISLATION MOVING
FORWARD ALSO TO CONTINUE TO HOLD
PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE AND UPDATE
POLICY SPECIFIC TO THE CAL STATE
UNIVERSITY. SYSTEM UM, THE UCS
AS A SEPARATE, UM, SYSTEM. WE
WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE FOCUSING
ON THE CAL STATE UNIVERSITY
SYSTEM AND BY THIS HEARING UM,
SHOULD GIVE. HE TO THE COMMUNITY
COLLEGES THAT IF THEY DON'T HAVE
A PROCESS, IF THEY HAVE REMAINS
THAT THEY SHOULD PROBABLY START
MOVING TO GET THEIR HOUSE IN
ORDER TO THANK YOU. THIS JOINT
COMMITTEE IS ADJOURNED.