Autry Museum Plans Return of California Tribal Cultural Items
Published Date: 10/22/2026
Notice
Summary
The Autry Museum of the American West in Los Angeles plans to return Native American cultural items to their rightful tribes starting November 23, 2026. This includes sacred objects and ancient tools from El Dorado and Sacramento counties, collected decades ago. No money changes hands, but this move honors Native heritage and respects their cultural treasures.
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Museum to Return Native Cultural Items
If you are a lineal descendant or a member of the Ione Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians (Shingle Springs Rancheria, Verona Tract), United Auburn Indian Community of the Auburn Rancheria, or the Wilton Rancheria, the Autry Museum intends to repatriate cultural items connected to your group. The notice identifies 99 lots of unassociated funerary objects and one object of cultural patrimony, and repatriation may occur on or after November 23, 2026.
Who Can Request Repatriation and Process
Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization (including those not named in this notice) may submit a written request for repatriation by showing, by a preponderance of the evidence, that they are culturally affiliated or a lineal descendant. The notice says competing requests will be resolved by the Autry Museum and that requests may be sent to Karimah Richardson, Associate Curator of Anthropology and Repatriation Supervisor, Autry Museum of the American West, 4700 Western Heritage Way, Los Angeles, CA 90027 (email provided in the notice); repatriation may occur on or after November 23, 2026.
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