NY Museum Returns 178 Ancient Items from Bronx Burial Site
Published Date: 9/30/2026
Notice
Summary
The Garvies Point Museum in Glen Cove, NY, has finished checking 178 ancient items linked to Native American tribes. These objects, found at a Bronx burial site, are ready to be returned to the right tribes starting October 30, 2026. This means the museum is helping honor Native American heritage by giving back important cultural items.
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178 Funerary Objects Identified for Return
The Garvies Point Museum completed an inventory of 178 associated funerary objects (including 84 pottery sherds, 37 quartz flakes, 26 bivalves, and other items) from the Archery Range site in The Bronx, NY, donated in 1971. The museum determined these objects are culturally affiliated with the Delaware Nation (Oklahoma), the Delaware Tribe of Indians, and the Stockbridge Munsee Community (Wisconsin), and the objects may be repatriated on or after October 30, 2026.
Who May Request Repatriation and How
Repatriation requests may be submitted by any one or more of the Indian Tribes named in the notice, by a lineal descendant, or by another Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization that shows by a preponderance of the evidence that it has cultural affiliation. If competing requests are received, the Garvies Point Museum must determine the most appropriate requestor; joint requests are treated as a single request. Repatriation may occur on or after October 30, 2026.
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