Huntington Museum of Art to Repatriate Cultural Item to Assiniboine, Sioux Tribes
September 10, 2026
September 10, 2026
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 (TNSFR) -- The Huntington Museum of Art, West Virginia, intends to repatriate a pair of sacred dance moccasins to the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana, according to a notice published by the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service.
The moccasins were collected by James L. Chaffin from an unknown location in Montana between 1882 and 1958. Chaffin lived with Tribes in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota.< . . .
The moccasins were collected by James L. Chaffin from an unknown location in Montana between 1882 and 1958. Chaffin lived with Tribes in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota.< . . .