Peabody Institute Plans Return of Sacred Pipe to Pawnee Nation
May 19, 2026
May 19, 2026
WASHINGTON, May 19 (TNSFR) -- The Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology, Andover, Massachusetts, plans to repatriate a sacred cultural item linked to the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, according to a notice published by the National Park Service.
The notice states that the item identified for repatriation is a stone pipe classified as a sacred object and object of cultural patrimony. Officials at the Robert S. Peabody . . .
The notice states that the item identified for repatriation is a stone pipe classified as a sacred object and object of cultural patrimony. Officials at the Robert S. Peabody . . .