CSU Questioned for Failure to Return Native American Artifacts and Remains

Tribal leaders and California state lawmakers pressed top California State University officials Tuesday about returning nearly 700,000 Native American human remains and items to tribes. They held a press conference at the state capitol, followed by a committee hearing on findings from a state auditor’s report released in June. Tribal leaders and lawmakers say the university is failing to return the remains, which they say is violating federal and state law. The university’s interim president and four other campus representatives are scheduled to testify.