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Yale Peabody Museum Plans Return of Chumash Cultural Items Under NAGPRA
May 19, 2026
WASHINGTON, May 19 (TNSFR) -- The Yale Peabody Museum, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, intends to repatriate eight cultural items affiliated with the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation, California, according to a notice published by the National Park Service.

The action is being carried out under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, which governs the return of Native American cultural items to affiliated Tribes an . . .

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