Peabody Museum Plans Sacred Item Handover to Native Groups
Published Date: 5/16/2025
Notice
Summary
Harvard’s Peabody Museum is getting ready to return sacred and culturally important items to Native American tribes and Native Hawaiian groups. This means these communities will soon have their special objects back, honoring their heritage. The process follows a law that protects Native American graves and cultural items, with no costs expected for the public.
Analyzed Economic Effects
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Repatriation of Sacred Cultural Items
The Peabody Museum intends to return sacred objects and objects of cultural patrimony to Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). These cultural items identified as having a cultural affiliation will be repatriated to those tribes and organizations named in the notice.
No Public Costs for Repatriation
The notice states the repatriation process follows NAGPRA and that no costs are expected for the public. The public will not be charged for the museum returning these cultural items to the affiliated tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations.
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