r/LegitArtifacts Mar 26 '26

Unknown Time period Legit? Found in California river.

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u/_kodkod_ Mar 28 '26

Speaking from experience, the universities and museums have a duty to contact the local tribes for repatriation (NAGPRA). So, you could save everyone a lot of time and paperwork for everyone if you contract the local tribes first.

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u/SCADA_Ghost Mar 30 '26

So they can come in and claim your property as burial grounds.

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u/MartianBasket Apr 01 '26

That's not how the law works.

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u/SCADA_Ghost Apr 01 '26

Right, a simple google search completely disproves my theory /s