Many Cultural Items Remain Disconnected From Their Communities
Across the United States, culturally significant tribal objects remain in private collections. Many collectors want to return these items responsibly but lack pathways to connect with the appropriate tribal nations.
Repatriation is not simple. It requires careful research, cultural consultation, and respectful collaboration guided by tribal leadership. We need your help to accomplish it.
A New Model for Ethical Repatriation
High Desert Heritage and Research connects tribal nations and private collectors through a collaborative and research-driven process.
We work to:
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Identify cultural affiliation through professional research
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Facilitate respectful tribal consultation
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Support collectors seeking ethical return pathways
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Help communities enact culturally appropriate outcomes for their items
This proactive model makes repatriation possible.
Collaboration Takes Resources
Repatriation takes relationship-building, consultation, and research. These essential steps are rarely funded but are critical for ethical return.
Your Support Helps Fund:
• Tribal consultation and participation
• Research identifying cultural affiliation
• Travel and meeting facilitation
• Documentation and ethical transfer planning
• Long-term relationship building
Help Support the Path Home
Donate today to help fund the collaboration, consultation, and research that makes ethical repatriation possible.
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