AB 1968 Ramos D Tribal Land Acknowledgment Act of 2021

UPDATE: May 11, 2020

California Arts Advocates, California’s statewide arts advocacy organization, is pleased to offer support for AB 1968 the Tribal Land Acknowledgment of 2021.

January 21, 2020

Status: In Review

 AB 1968 Ramos D Tribal Land Acknowledgment Act of 2021 

Existing law, the California Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 2001 requires all agencies and museums that receive state funding and have possession or control over collections of California Native American human remains and associated funerary objects to inventory those remains and objects for repatriation to the appropriate tribes, as specified. This bill would authorize the owner or operator of any public school or state or local park, library, or museum in this state to adopt a process by which Native American tribes are properly recognized as traditional stewards of the land on which the school, park, library, or museum is located, as specified.