Bruce Museum to Repatriate Cultural Patrimony to Tlingit & Haida Tribes
October 08, 2026
October 08, 2026
WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 (TNSFR) -- The Bruce Museum Inc., Greenwich, Connecticut, intends to repatriate one cultural item, a Xoots. Naaxein (Brown Bear Chilkat Robe), to the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes.
The robe, identified as Bruce Museum number 67.03.04, is a woven Chilkat robe featuring black, yellow, turquoise and white designs. Harold Jacobs of the Central Council examined the robe in 2005 and identified its design as an orca with a man riding on its back. . . .
The robe, identified as Bruce Museum number 67.03.04, is a woven Chilkat robe featuring black, yellow, turquoise and white designs. Harold Jacobs of the Central Council examined the robe in 2005 and identified its design as an orca with a man riding on its back. . . .