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Native leaders hope the Trees of Mystery museum s receipt of federal COVID-19 relief funds will force it to repatriate cultural items.
Small museums and private institutions that accept federal CARES Act money or other stimulus funds could be forced to relinquish thousands of Indigenous items and ancestral remains now in their collections.
Under the Native American Grave Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990, museums or other institutions that accept federal funding must compile an inventory of Indigenous cultural items and initiate repatriation of the collections and remains to tribes or family members.
At least two museums are now facing possible scrutiny the nonprofit Favell Museum of Native American Artifacts and Contemporary Western Art in Klamath Falls, Oregon, and the End of the Trail Museum, which is connected to the Trees of Mystery gift shop in the redwood forest in Klamath.
Private museums could face NAGPRA scrutiny
Museums and other institutions that accept stimulus funds could be required to repatriate Indigenous artifacts and remains
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May 16, 2021
Eighteen medicine bags from the Portland Art Museum s Native American collection are headed back to Montana. The museum, based in Portland, Oregon, has also worked to return cultural and religious items belonging to the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. (Photo courtesy of Portland Art Museum)
Museums and other institutions that accept stimulus funds could be required to repatriate Indigenous artifacts and remains
Nanette Kelley
Small museums and private institutions that accept federal CARES Act money or other stimulus funds could be forced to relinquish thousands of Indigenous items and ancestral remains now in their collections.
Faulconer s California tax cut proposal + Ads rolling in AG race + Appeal to open the Capitol
Sacramento Bee 3 hrs ago Andrew Sheeler, The Sacramento Bee
May 13 Good morning and welcome to the A.M. Alert!
FAULCONER UNVEILS TAX CUT PROPOSAL
Former San Diego mayor and Republican gubernatorial candidate Kevin Faulconer on Wednesday unveiled his proposal for what he s labeled, The California Comeback Tax Cut Plan. It s meant to be a contrast to the $600 checks Gov. Gavin Newsom this week announced he wants to send to most California households. The hard-working men and women who are being priced out of our state need more than a one-time rebate, they need permanent financial relief that lasts. California s serious problems require serious leadership, and our campaign is focused on real solutions to make our state affordable again, Faulconer said in a statement. Under my plan 99% of taxpaying households will qualify for relief, many middle-class families wil
Having invested more than $100 million in the online-only community college Calbright, launched in 2019, the state of California found only 12 students had graduated after the first year, with nearly 400 dropping out.