County Museum to Repatriate 62 Sacred Native Items
Published Date: 3/27/2025
Notice
Summary
The San Bernardino County Museum plans to return 62 cultural items to Native American tribes starting April 28, 2025. These items include sacred objects and funerary items linked to tribes from coastal California. This respectful repatriation honors Native heritage and involves no cost to the public but marks an important cultural milestone.
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62 Cultural Items to Be Returned
San Bernardino County Museum intends to repatriate 62 cultural items (including sacred objects, unassociated funerary items, and objects of cultural patrimony) on or after April 28, 2025. The notice states this repatriation honors Native heritage and involves no cost to the public.
Items Identified as Sacred, Funerary, Patrimony
The museum determined the collection includes 56 sacred objects/objects of cultural patrimony, 3 unassociated funerary objects, and 3 objects of cultural patrimony. Examples listed include shell beads, stone figurines, ground stone, basketry, and other archaeological materials tied to coastal California.
Who May Request Repatriation and How
Lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations may submit written requests for repatriation showing by a preponderance of the evidence that they are lineal descendants or culturally affiliated. Requests must be sent to Gabrielle Carpentier at San Bernardino County Museum (2024 Orange Tree Lane, Redlands, CA 92374); if competing requests are received the museum must determine the most appropriate requestor, and joint requests are treated as a single request. Repatriation may occur on or after April 28, 2025.
Connection to Santa Ynez Band of Chumash
The notice states there is a reasonable connection between the described cultural items and the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation, California.
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