County Museum Ships Beads and Bones Back to Auburn Tribe
Published Date: 3/19/2025
Notice
Summary
The San Bernardino County Museum plans to return four sets of important cultural items—necklaces, beads, buttons, and bones—to the United Auburn Indian Community starting April 18, 2025. These items have deep cultural meaning and were originally from Auburn, CA. This repatriation honors Native American heritage and follows legal guidelines, with no costs mentioned.
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Four cultural lots to be returned to Auburn tribe
San Bernardino County Museum intends to return four lots of cultural items — one lot of necklaces, one lot of various beads, one lot of various buttons, and one lot of faunal (animal) bones — to the United Auburn Indian Community of the Auburn Rancheria of California. The museum determined these items are objects of cultural patrimony removed from Auburn, CA, and repatriation may occur on or after April 18, 2025.
Who may request repatriation and rules for claims
Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization not named in this notice may submit a written request for repatriation to Tamara Serrao-Leiva at the San Bernardino County Museum (2024 Orange Tree Lane, Redlands, CA 92374; telephone (909) 798-8623; email [email protected]) if they show by a preponderance of the evidence that they are a lineal descendant or culturally affiliated. Repatriation to a requestor may occur on or after April 18, 2025; if there are competing requests the museum must determine the most appropriate requestor, and joint requests are treated as a single request.
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