Museum Returns Ancestral Remains: Bureaucracy Honors Native Heritage Quietly
Published Date: 12/18/2025
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The Autry Museum of the American West has finished checking its collection and found Native American human remains linked to local tribes. Starting January 20, 2026, these remains can be returned to the tribes for proper care. This is a respectful step that honors Native American heritage and follows important laws.
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Repatriation of Native American Remains
The Autry Museum completed an inventory and identified human remains representing at least one Native American individual. The museum determined a cultural affiliation with the Chemehuevi Indian Tribe of the Chemehuevi Reservation and the Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians of California, and repatriation to those tribes or to a lineal descendant or other tribe that shows cultural affiliation by a preponderance of the evidence may occur on or after January 20, 2026.
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