Wisconsin Library Preps to Hand Back Native Cultural Treasures
Published Date: 5/8/2025
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Summary
The Mukwonago Community Library is planning to return some important cultural items to Native American tribes and Native Hawaiian groups. These items are connected to their heritage but aren’t linked to specific graves. This repatriation follows a law that respects Native cultures and helps bring these objects back home, with no cost impact expected.
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Repatriation of tribal cultural items
The Mukwonago Community Library intends to return certain cultural items classified as unassociated funerary objects to affiliated Native American tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The items are connected to tribal heritage but are not linked to specific graves, and the library expects no cost impact from this repatriation.
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