California Public Resources Code CHAPTER 1.75 - Native American Historical, Cultural, and Sacred Sites

• Section 5097.9.
  No public agency, and no private party using or occupying public property, or operating on public property, under a public license, permit, grant, lease, or...
• Section 5097.91.
  There is in state government a Native American Heritage Commission, consisting of nine members appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the...
• Section 5097.92.
  At least five of the nine members shall be elders, traditional people, or spiritual leaders of California Native American tribes, nominated by Native American organizations,...
• Section 5097.93.
  The members of the commission shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed their actual and necessary expenses.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1332.)
• Section 5097.94.
  The commission shall have the following powers and duties:(a) To identify and catalog places of special religious or social significance to Native Americans, and known graves...
• Section 5097.95.
  Each state and local agency shall cooperate with the commission in carrying out its duties under this chapter. Such cooperation shall include, but is not...
• Section 5097.96.
  The commission may prepare an inventory of Native American sacred places that are located on public lands and shall review the current administrative and statutory...
• Section 5097.97.
  In the event that any Native American organization, tribe, group, or individual advises the commission that a proposed action by a public agency may cause...
• Section 5097.98.
  (a) Whenever the commission receives notification of a discovery of Native American human remains from a county coroner pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 7050.5 of...
• Section 5097.99.
  (a) No person shall obtain or possess any Native American artifacts or human remains which are taken from a Native American grave or cairn on or...
• Section 5097.991.
  It is the policy of the state that Native American remains and associated grave artifacts shall be repatriated.(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 370, Sec. 2.)

Last modified: October 22, 2018