Interior Dept. Fixes Inventory to Return Tribal Artifacts Properly
Published Date: 11/17/2025
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Summary
The U.S. Department of the Interior and the Museum of Northern Arizona have finished checking some ancient objects found on the Hualapai Reservation in Arizona. These items, linked to Native American tribes, are ready to be returned starting December 17, 2025. This update fixes earlier reports and helps honor Native cultures by giving back their ancestral belongings.
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Repatriation of Four Hualapai Funerary Objects
The Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Museum of Northern Arizona will return four associated funerary objects — one basalt scraper, one chert biface, and two ceramic sherds from site NA5998 on the Hualapai Reservation — to affiliated parties. The objects are dated A.D. 900–1175, the Bureau determined a cultural affiliation with the Hualapai Indian Tribe, and repatriation may occur on or after December 17, 2025; requests may be made by the identified tribes or lineal descendants.
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