Speed Art Museum in Kentucky Is Repatriating 24 Objects to Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes

Speed Art Museum Repatriates 24 Artifacts to Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes

In a ceremony that took place on Tuesday, August 19, the Speed Art Museum in Louisville, Kentucky returned twenty-four cultural items from its collection to the Southern Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes, both of which hail from Oklahoma. This is the first time the museum has repatriated items under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation […]

Speed Art Museum returns 24 cultural belongings to Native communities

Speed Art Museum returns 24 cultural belongings to Native communities in its first repatriation ceremony Wednesday.

Speed Art Museum Returns 24 Native Artifacts to Oklahoma Tribes

Two dozen cultural treasures will head home to Native American communities tonight, August 19, following a ceremony at the Speed Art Museum in Kentucky, where they are currently housed. The Louisville museum’s first repatriation under the 1990 Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) includes artifacts that belong to the Southern Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, such as beaded bags, a turtle amulet, and a cradle board.In 2023,…

Speed Art Museum in Kentucky Is Repatriating 24 Objects to Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes

The Speed Art Museum in Louisville, Kentucky, is repatriating 24 objects to Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes based in Oklahoma in compliance with NAGPRA.