Denver Museum Returns Ancient Ceramic Jar to Tribes
Published Date: 7/8/2026
Notice
Summary
The Denver Art Museum has finished checking its collections and found a special ceramic jar linked to Native American tribes. This jar, connected to ancestors from Arkansas, can be returned to the tribes starting August 7, 2026. If you want to ask about getting it back, contact the museum soon!
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Ceramic Vessel Available for Repatriation
The Denver Art Museum says a single ceramic (dog effigy) vessel is culturally affiliated with the Quapaw Nation and may be returned starting August 7, 2026. If you are a member of the Quapaw Nation or represent the tribe, you can request repatriation of this object after that date.
Who Can Request Return and How
Repatriation requests may be submitted by any of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations named in the notice, or by a lineal descendant or tribe not named who shows by a preponderance of the evidence they are affiliated. If competing requests arrive, the Denver Art Museum must decide the most appropriate requestor; joint requests count as a single request. Requests may be sent to the museum contact listed in the notice.
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