Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts to Repatriate Funerary Objects to United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma
April 04, 2025
April 04, 2025
WASHINGTON, April 4 (TNSFR) -- The Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico, will repatriate two unassociated funerary objects to three federally recognized Cherokee tribes in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA).
The cultural items, two carved shell gorgets, are linked by provenance and cultural tradition to the Cherokee Nation, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in . . .
The cultural items, two carved shell gorgets, are linked by provenance and cultural tradition to the Cherokee Nation, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in . . .