McClung Museum Offers Back Native American Artifacts
Published Date: 8/21/2025
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Summary
The University of Tennessee’s McClung Museum has finished checking its collection and found that some items belong to Native American tribes or Native Hawaiian groups. This means these groups can ask for their cultural objects back. If you’re part of these communities, now’s the time to connect with the museum—no money changes hands, but the process is official and important.
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Tribes Can Request Repatriation Under NAGPRA
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, McClung Museum completed an inventory under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and found associated funerary objects with a cultural affiliation to Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations named in this notice. If you are a member of those tribes or organizations, you can ask the museum to return those cultural objects, and the process does not involve payment for the items.
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