The National Park Service Awards Grant to the Oakland Museum of California
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) issued the following statement today announcing that the National Park Service has awarded a grant totaling $77,842 to the Oakland Museum of California, an institution which brings together collections of art, history and natural science under one roof to tell the extraordinary stories of California and its people:
“I am pleased that the NPS recognized the excellent work of the Oakland Museum of California by awarding this meaningful and highly competitive grant which will allow our wonderful local resource to inventory and identify any Native American human remains and cultural items in their collections. This work will allow the museum to collaborate with affiliated Native American tribes, Alaska Native villages and corporations, and Native Hawaiian organizations to determine whether or not the Oakland Museum of California can maintain the items in their collection or return the items to the appropriate tribe or organization.”
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For more information about the Oakland Museum of California, go to http://museumca.org/.
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