Kalamazoo Valley Museum To Repatriate Inupiat Cultural Patrimony Items
June 24, 2026
June 24, 2026
WASHINGTON, June 24 (TNSFR) -- Kalamazoo Valley Museum, Michigan, plans to repatriate two cultural items affiliated with the Native Village of Barrow Inupiat Traditional Government under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.
According to a notice published by the National Park Service, the items are a net sinker and a comb that the museum determined qualify as objects of cultural patrimony because they hold ongoing historical, traditional and cultural importanc . . .
According to a notice published by the National Park Service, the items are a net sinker and a comb that the museum determined qualify as objects of cultural patrimony because they hold ongoing historical, traditional and cultural importanc . . .