McClung Museum Plans Repatriation of Native American Artifacts
Published Date: 3/18/2025
Notice
Summary
The University of Tennessee’s McClung Museum is planning to return some Native American and Native Hawaiian cultural items that are connected to certain tribes and organizations. This move follows a law that protects Native American graves and cultural heritage. The repatriation helps honor these communities and happens without any cost to the public.
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Museum Returning Native Cultural Items
If you are a member of one of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations named in this notice, the University of Tennessee’s McClung Museum intends to return certain cultural items classified as unassociated funerary objects to your group under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The repatriation is being carried out to honor those communities and will occur without cost to the public.
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