Shelburne Museum Announces Repatriation of Cultural Items to Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes
April 18, 2025
April 18, 2025
WASHINGTON, April 18 (TNSFR) -- The Shelburne Museum, located in Shelburne, Vermont, has issued a notice of intended repatriation of cultural items under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA).
The museum intends to return seven cultural items, including a pair of death moccasins, two umbilical cord cases, a war club, a ceremonial shirt, and two whistles. These items, which were collected by Ogden Pleissner from the central plains between 1880 and 1900, . . .
The museum intends to return seven cultural items, including a pair of death moccasins, two umbilical cord cases, a war club, a ceremonial shirt, and two whistles. These items, which were collected by Ogden Pleissner from the central plains between 1880 and 1900, . . .