Philadelphia Museum of Art to Repatriate Sacred Native American Artifacts to Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes
March 20, 2025
March 20, 2025
WASHINGTON, March 20 (TNSFR) -- The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania, has announced its intention to repatriate two sacred objects to the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in Montana.
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the museum has determined that the items--a girl's dress and a tobacco bag--meet the legal definitions of sacred objects and objects of cultural patrimony and are integra . . .
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the museum has determined that the items--a girl's dress and a tobacco bag--meet the legal definitions of sacred objects and objects of cultural patrimony and are integra . . .