Tennessee Museum Prepares Repatriation of Sacred Item to Tribes
Published Date: 9/12/2025
Notice
Summary
The University of Tennessee’s McClung Museum is planning to return a special cultural item to Native American tribes or Native Hawaiian groups, following important laws that protect their heritage. This means the museum is doing the right thing by giving back something that belongs to these communities. The process is official and helps honor and respect Native cultures without any cost impact.
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Repatriation of Cultural Patrimony Item
The University of Tennessee’s McClung Museum intends to return a cultural item that the museum says is an object of cultural patrimony to Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The notice says the return is official and will honor Native cultures and that it has no cost impact.
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