New Bedford Whaling Museum to Repatriate Sacred Items to Tribes
Published Date: 8/21/2025
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Summary
The New Bedford Whaling Museum plans to return sacred cultural items to Native American tribes and Native Hawaiian groups, following important laws that protect these objects. This means some special artifacts will go back to their rightful communities soon, with no cost to the public. The museum is making sure this respectful process happens smoothly and on time.
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Repatriation of Sacred Cultural Items
The Old Dartmouth Historical Society, doing business as the New Bedford Whaling Museum, intends to return certain cultural items that meet the definition of sacred objects to Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The items have a stated cultural affiliation with the Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations named in this notice.
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