Gilcrease Museum duplicates notice on Arkansas Native repatriation
Published Date: 3/16/2026
Notice
Summary
The Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa has finished checking its collection and found Native American human remains and some funerary items linked to tribes in Arkansas. Starting April 15, 2026, these remains and items can be returned to the rightful Native communities. This is a respectful step to honor Native heritage and keep history in the right hands.
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Museum Identifies Quapaw-Affiliated Remains
The Gilcrease Museum completed an inventory and determined it holds the human remains of three Native American individuals and one associated funerary object that are culturally affiliated with the Quapaw Nation. The remains and object were recovered from sites in Poinsett, Desha, and Chicot Counties, Arkansas, and some items entered the museum via collections purchased in 1955 and 1982. These remains and the funerary object may be repatriated on or after April 15, 2026; contact Laura Bryant at Gilcrease Museum, 1400 N Gilcrease Museum Road, Tulsa, OK 74127, or email [email protected] to begin repatriation.
Who May Request Repatriation
Repatriation requests may be submitted by any of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations identified in the notice or by any lineal descendant or tribe that proves cultural affiliation by a preponderance of the evidence. If competing requests are received, the Gilcrease Museum must determine the most appropriate requestor before repatriation; joint repatriation requests are treated as a single request. Written requests must be sent to the authorized representative named in the notice (Laura Bryant at the Gilcrease Museum).
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