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A New Jersey auction house pulled several cultural Native American items from an upcoming sale. The Association on American Indian Affairs requested they be removed from the auction block, although it’s unclear where the items came from or if they are, in fact, sacred. It’s the latest incident in a long line of recent struggles between tribes and auction houses over sacred and culturally important items being offered to the highest bidder. We’ll get an update on this auction and some others planned in the coming weeks. We’ll also hear from those who keep an eye on the issue about any progress on protecting tribal patrimony.
Guests:
Shannon Keller O’Loughlin (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma) – executive director and attorney for the Association on American Indian Affairs
Nina Sanders (Apsáalooke Nation) – curator, writer, and cultural consultant
Scott Hale – IRS qualified personal property appraiser and accredited member of the International Society of Appraisers specializing in Native, Western and Spanish colonial art and antiques
Shannon Martin (Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians/
Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa) – director of the Ziibiwing Center of Anishinabe Culture & Lifeways
Break 1 Music: Beautiful Flower (song) Cree Confederation (artist) Kihtawasoh Wapakwani-Beautiful Flower (album)
Break 2 Music: Evolution Revolution (song) Indigenous (artist) Circle (album)
