Chicago Historical Society Plans Return of Funerary Armlet Linked to Pottawatomi Tribe
May 19, 2026
May 19, 2026
WASHINGTON, May 19 (TNSFR) -- The Chicago Historical Society, Illinois, and its affiliate, the Chicago History Museum, Illinois, intend to repatriate a Native American funerary object connected to the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, according to a notice published by the National Park Service.
The notice states that the cultural item is a silver armlet purchased by the Chicago Historical Society in 1920 f . . .
The notice states that the cultural item is a silver armlet purchased by the Chicago Historical Society in 1920 f . . .