When San Jose State anthropology professor Elizabeth Weiss tweeted a picture to celebrate returning to campus in September 2021, it caught the attention of Assemblymember James Ramos, a Democrat from ...

A man illegally excavated Native American human remains and cultural artifacts in California, federal prosecutors say. Getty Images/iStockphoto A group of wildland firefighters came across unearthed ...

The University of California and the California State University systems have consistently failed to return Native American artifacts and remains, with the exception of UCLA and Cal State Long Beach, ...

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 24 -- Federal agents raided several Southern California museums Thursday in search of Southeast Asian antiquities believed to have been illegally obtained, smuggled into the United ...

California’s Richest Indians, the Chumash and Gabrielino, gives a broad overview of these very special California tribes. Dr. Christienson has devoted much of his life to replicate artifacts for many ...

ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) - The Croatan Indian Tribe is conducting an archaeological dig on property in Orangeburg County they planned to use for a cultural center. The tribe bought 57 acres of land for ...

A two-year undercover sting aimed at a black market in ancient American Indian artifacts has led to federal indictments in Utah naming 24 people. The indictments unsealed Wednesday resulted in an ...

“So happy to be back with some old friends,” read the caption of Weiss’ tweet, which included a photo of her holding the skull of a Native ancestor in front of boxes of other remains. For Ramos, a ...