Important objects like ceremonial masks and drums are scattered throughout the collections of museums across the globe.
This mudshark shirt is being repatriated from the Minnesota Museum of Art to the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska.
“Like human bones and skulls and jaw bones and things like that,” said Chris Price, CEO of Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska. The Qawalangin Tribe plans to bring some of the items back to their island and others will stay at the museum for research. The returned remains will likely receive a ceremonial burial, depending on what the tribal council decides.
“There has been a shift with some of these organizations with wanting to return items,” said Carter Price. “I think there’s a recognition that housing some of these items isn’t morally correct. So we’re seeing more work with the tribes and trying to get the artifacts back.”through the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act or what’s called NAGPRA, a law that was passed by Congress in 1990.
Duncan says they repatriate and store the cultural items in Juneau and then loan them out to clans for memorial parties.
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