Santa Ana Pueblo is celebrating the return of a clay bowl that was stolen in 1984, but it’s only one out of nearly 150 irreplaceable items taken during a series of burglaries and never recovered. Investigators believe the items were eventually sold to collectors around the world and authorities never tracked them down. We’ll check in on the tribe’s renewed efforts to find and bring the items back home.

We’ll also get updates on other repatriation efforts, including tribes and lawmakers putting renewed pressure on the University of California over its failure to return remains and artifacts required by law, and we’ll recount the largest Native Hawaiian repatriation in history with Edward Halealoha Ayau.

GUESTS

Shannon O’Loughlin (Choctaw), chief executive and attorney of the Association on American Indian Affairs

Jack Potter Jr. (Redding Rancheria), chairman of the Redding Rancheria

Myron Armijo (Santa Ana Pueblo), Santa Ana Pueblo governor

Monica Murrell, tribal historic preservation officer and director of the Santa Ana Historic Preservation Department

Edward Halealoha Ayau (Native Hawaiian), executive director of Hui Iwi Kuamo’o