Kansas Public Library to Repatriate Sacred Objects to Wyandotte Nation
May 02, 2025
May 02, 2025
WASHINGTON, May 2 (TNSFR) -- The Kansas Public Library, Kansas City has announced its intention to repatriate a collection of seven culturally significant items to the Wyandotte Nation, in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA).
The items, which include a conch shell and six strings of wampum stored in a wooden box labeled "Wampum of the Wyandott," have been identified as both sacred objects and objects of cultural patrimony, i . . .
The items, which include a conch shell and six strings of wampum stored in a wooden box labeled "Wampum of the Wyandott," have been identified as both sacred objects and objects of cultural patrimony, i . . .