Denver Museum Returns Stolen Tlingit Raven Screen to Alaska
Published Date: 3/19/2025
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Summary
The Denver Art Museum plans to return a special wooden Raven Screen to the Tlingit community of Sitka, Alaska, starting April 18, 2025. This screen, painted with important clan symbols, was originally taken without proper permission and is now being rightfully repatriated. No money changes hands, but this is a big step in respecting Native traditions and history.
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Raven Screen repatriation to Tlingit community
The Denver Art Museum intends to return a wooden Raven Screen (one cultural item composed of two wood sections painted with raven clan symbols) that it acquired in 1939 to the Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribe and the Tlingit community of Sitka, Alaska. The museum determined the Raven Screen is an object of cultural patrimony with ongoing cultural importance; repatriation may occur on or after April 18, 2025.
Who may request repatriation and how
Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization may submit a written request for repatriation of the Raven Screen by sending it to the Denver Art Museum’s authorized representative. If competing requests are received, the Denver Art Museum must determine the most appropriate requestor before repatriation; requests for joint repatriation are treated as a single request. Repatriation may occur on or after April 18, 2025.
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