Field Museum to Return Cultural Items to United Auburn Indian Community
May 14, 2025
May 14, 2025
WASHINGTON, May 14 (TNSFR) -- The Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois, has announced its intention to repatriate three lots of cultural items of significance to the United Auburn Indian Community of the Auburn Rancheria of California.
The items, which have been identified as objects of cultural patrimony, include two lots of modified stones and one lot of game pieces. These items were collected in the early 1900s during a two-year field expedition in California, with one lot of modifi . . .
The items, which have been identified as objects of cultural patrimony, include two lots of modified stones and one lot of game pieces. These items were collected in the early 1900s during a two-year field expedition in California, with one lot of modifi . . .