Autry Museum to Repatriate Sacred Native Items
Published Date: 7/30/2025
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The Autry Museum of the American West is planning to return special cultural items to Native American tribes and Native Hawaiian groups. These items include sacred objects and things connected to their heritage. This important step follows a law that respects and honors Native cultures, with no costs or delays expected.
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Autry Museum to Return Cultural Items
If your Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization is named in this notice, the Autry Museum of the American West intends to return cultural items that the museum says are unassociated funerary objects, sacred objects, or objects of cultural patrimony under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The museum states the repatriation follows NAGPRA and that no costs or delays are expected.
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