Four attempted motor vehicle thefts reported on Main Campus

through the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, and we are in full compliance with the federal law.”

Upon entering the Main Campus’ 78249 zip code into the open-source program Native Land Digital, four tribes are listed as having lived on the land within the zip code.

While it remains unclear what specific tribes the remains and objects in CAR’s collection belong to, a summary of CAR’s process for repatriation notes that “191 of those unaffiliated remains are associated with a single archaeological site in Live Oak County—a legacy collection from excavations associated with the expansion of Highway 281 in the 1970s.”

On UTSA’s 50th anniversary page is a brief mention of artifacts — believed to be from the Tonkawa people — that were excavated on the East side of campus, near the intersection of UTSA Boulevard and Valero Way.

More information regarding the steps that are required to be taken under NAGPRA can be found at https://www.nps.gov/ subjects/nagpra/getting-started.