Gilcrease Museum Plans Repatriation of Six Native American Cultural Items
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Gilcrease Museum plans to return six Native American cultural items under NAGPRA. The items include five sacred objects and one object of cultural patrimony, with cultural ties to tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations identified through the museum’s process. Repatriation may take place on or after July 13, 2026. Tribes, Native Hawaiian organizations, or other eligible requesters can submit written repatriation requests to the museum before then. The notice also warns that some items may have been treated with hazardous substances.
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Key Changes
- Announces planned repatriation of six cultural items held by Gilcrease Museum
- Sets July 13, 2026 as the earliest date for repatriation
- Invites additional written repatriation requests and flags possible hazardous substances on some items
Obligations
What this law requires
Indian Tribes, Native Hawaiian organizations, or other eligible requesters seeking repatriation of the listed cultural items must submit additional written repatriation requests to Laura Bryant at Gilcrease Museum, 1400 N. Gilcrease Museum Road, Tulsa, OK 74127, or by email to [email protected].
Gilcrease Museum may proceed with repatriation of the six identified cultural items only on or after July 13, 2026.
Parties handling or receiving the cultural items should account for the notice that potentially hazardous substances may have been used to treat some items.