Wyoming BLM Lists Ancient Tools for Tribal Return
Published Date: 4/16/2026
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Summary
The Bureau of Land Management in Wyoming has finished checking a group of old Native American items like beads and stone tools found at several archaeological sites. These items, stored at the University of Wyoming, are linked to Native tribes and can be returned starting May 18, 2026. If you’re part of a tribe or organization, you can request these items back by contacting the Wyoming BLM office.
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Native Artifacts Eligible for Repatriation
The Bureau of Land Management (Wyoming State Office) has identified one lot of associated funerary objects (including beads, lithics and stone tools, soil samples, debitage/flakes, faunal remains, projectile points, bone awls, ground stone, fire cracked rock, charcoal, and shell) excavated from Wyoming sites before November 16, 1990 and now curated at the University of Wyoming. These objects are culturally affiliated with the listed tribes (for example, Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation, Blackfeet Tribe, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, Eastern Shoshone Tribe, Northern Arapaho Tribe, Oglala Sioux Tribe, Rosebud Sioux Tribe, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, and others) and may be repatriated on or after May 18, 2026. Written repatriation requests may be sent to Tanya Thrift, State Director, Wyoming Bureau of Land Management, 5353 Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne, WY 82009, or by email to [email protected].
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