Chicago's Field Museum Set to Repatriate Sacred Items
Published Date: 6/4/2025
Notice
Summary
The Field Museum in Chicago is getting ready to return some Native American and Native Hawaiian cultural items to their rightful tribes. This move follows important laws that protect these sacred objects. The repatriation helps honor the history and traditions of the communities involved, with no costs expected for the tribes.
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Field Museum to Return Tribal Cultural Items
The Field Museum intends to return certain Native American and Native Hawaiian cultural items that the notice identifies as unassociated funerary objects and as culturally affiliated with specific Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The museum states this repatriation honors the communities involved and that no costs are expected for the tribes.
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