Harvard Museum Identifies Tribal Artifacts for Possible Repatriation
Published Date: 4/11/2025
Notice
Summary
The Peabody Museum at Harvard has finished checking its collection and found that some items belong to Native American tribes or Native Hawaiian groups. This means these groups can now ask for their cultural objects to be returned. If you’re part of these communities, keep an eye out for how to claim your heritage items soon!
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Museum NAGPRA Repatriation Notice
The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard completed a NAGPRA inventory and determined that certain associated funerary objects are culturally affiliated with specific Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations named in the notice. If you are a member of one of those tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, you may request the return (repatriation) of those cultural items under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA).
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