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Alaskan tribes came to Denver to reclaim their cultural heritage. They left empty-handed.

Tlingit and Haida tribes seek repatriation of artifacts, but museum says they must follow proper request process

Visitors to the Denver Art Museum look at “Drum (Gaaw),” a cultural item from the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, on display in the Northwest Coast and Alaska Native Art Galleries on March 27, 2024. The tribes, from southeast Alaska, have been trying to reclaim their cultural items from the Denver Art Museum for more than 30 years. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)
Visitors to the Denver Art Museum look at “Drum (Gaaw),” a cultural item from the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, on display in the Northwest Coast and Alaska Native Art Galleries on March 27, 2024. The tribes, from southeast Alaska, have been trying to reclaim their cultural items from the Denver Art Museum for more than 30 years. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)
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To this day, a host of prized Tlingit cultural objects remain in the museum’s much-celebrated Indigenous Arts collection, despite three formal repatriation claims and numerous delegation visits to Denver’s premier art museum.
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