More Museum Repatriation: Objects Head Home to Tribes
Published Date: 4/2/2025
Notice
Summary
The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History is planning to return certain cultural items to Native American tribes and Native Hawaiian groups, following the rules of NAGPRA. This means objects connected to their heritage, like unassociated funerary items, will be sent back respectfully. The process helps honor these communities and doesn’t involve any costs for the public.
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Museum to Return Tribal Cultural Items
The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History will return certain cultural items that meet the definitions of unassociated funerary objects or objects of cultural patrimony to Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations with a documented cultural affiliation. The repatriation is being carried out under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and will return items to the Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations named in the notice. The notice says this process does not involve any costs for the public.
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