Auction Alerts

Please assist us in identifying the sensitivity of cultural items placed for sale at the auctions listed below. If there are any other auctions that you are aware of, please reach out to the Association. 

If you find an item that is sensitive to your Nation, please do the following:
​1.   Alert the Association immediately. Even if you are unsure about how the            item was dispossessed and cannot tell whether the item is legitimate, do            not wait to perform additional research.
2.  The Tribal representative should immediately contact the auction house             requesting that the item be removed so that further due diligence can be           performed.
3.  NAGPRA does not usually apply to items for sale. However, Tribal laws, and         state and other federal laws may apply to items that have been improperly         dispossessed, regardless of how long ago they were taken.
The Association can help.
Please contact us at general.aaia@indian-affairs.org or 240-314-7155
​so we can best support your efforts to protect cultural heritage. 
​Heritage Auctions in Dallas, TX

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Please assist us in identifying the sensitivity of the cultural items placed for sale at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers titled, "Ethnographic Art American Indian, Pre-Columbian and Tribal Art Signature Auction" beginning on 06/25/2019.

Auction Contact Info
Greg Rohan
President
Greg@HA.com
1-877-HERITAGE (437-4824)
Tribal Nations Potentially Affected: 
  • Acoma
  • Anasazi
  • Apache
  • Assiniboine
  • Blackfoot
  • Chemehuevi
  • Cheyenne
  • Cochiti
  • Cree
  • Crow
  • Eskimo
  • ​Great Lakes
  • Haida
  • Hohokam
  • Hopi
  • Iroquois
  • Isleta Pueblo
  • Kiowa
  • Meskwakie
  • Micmac
  • Navajo
  • Nez Perce
  • Northern Arapaho
  • Northern California
  • ​Northwest Coast
  • ​Paiute
  • ​Picuris
  • ​Pima
  • ​Plains
  • ​Plateau
  • ​Pueblo
  • ​San Felipe Pueblo
  • ​San Ildefonso Pueblo
  • ​San Juan
  • ​Santa Clara Pueblo
  • ​Santo Domingo ​Pueblo
  • ​Shoshone
  • ​Sioux
  • ​Southern Arapaho
  • ​Tesuque
  • ​Tlingit
  • Tonto/Gila
  • ​Tsimshian
  • ​Yokuts
  • ​Zia
  • ​Zuni
Brian Lebel's Old West Auction in Santa Fe, NM

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Please assist us in identifying the sensitivity of these cultural items placed for sale at Brian Lebel's Old West Auction in Santa Fe, NM on 06/22/2019. Highly sensitive Native American items are interwoven with contemporary items.

Auction Contact Info
Brian Lebel, Founder Director
brian@oldwestevents.com

Sharlene Loomis, Auction Manager
sharlene@oldwestevents.com.
505-465-9378
Tribal Nations Potentially Affected:
  • Brule Sioux
  • Great Lakes
  • Hopi
  • Lakota Sioux
  • Mandan
  • Navajo
  • Northern Plains

  • Northwest Coast
  • Plains
  • Plateau
  • San Ildefonso Pueblo
  • Sioux
  • Southern Plains
  • Woodlands
New Haven Auctions' Antiques from Estates and Collections Sale 
in New Haven, CT 

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Please assist us in identifying the sensitivity of these cultural items placed for sale at New Haven Auctions' Antiques from Estates and Collections Sale in New Haven, CT on Thursday, 06/20/2019. Highly sensitive Native American items are interwoven with contemporary items. Native American items begin on tab 12 of the online catalog, found in the link above.


Auction Contact Info
Fred Giampietro
fredgiampietro@gmail.com
203-777-7760

Tribal Nations Potentially Affected:
  • Acoma
  • Apache
  • Eskimo
  • Iroquois
  • Kawaiisu
  • Klikitat
  • Mission

  • Navajo
  • Northwest Coast
  • Pima
  • Tlingit
  • Washoe

Skinner's "Tribal Art Online" in Boston, MA 

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Please assist us in identifying the sensitivity of these cultural items placed for sale at Skinner's "Tribal Art Online" in Boston, MA until Friday, 07/19/2019. Highly sensitive Native American items are interwoven with contemporary items. 

Auction Contact Info
Michael R. Evans Director, American Indian & Ethnographic Art
americanindian@skinnerinc.com
508-970-3254

Tribal Nations Potentially Affected:

  • Acoma Pueblo
  • Anasazi
  • California
  • Apache
  • Assiniboine
  • California Pomo
  • Canadian Native
  • Chaco
  • Cochiti
  • Cree
  • Eastern Woodlands
  • Eskimo
  • Great Lakes
  • Hopi
  • Inuit
  • Iroquois
  • Mogollon
  • Native American
  • Native Hawaiian
  • Navajo
  • Northeast
  • Northwest
  • Northwest California
  • Northwest Coast
  • Ojibwa
  • Papago
  • Pima
  • Plains
  • Plateau
  • Prehistoric Pueblo
  • San Ildefonso Pueblo
  • San Juan Pueblo
  • Santa Clara Pueblo
  • Santo Domingo Pueblo
  • Seminole
  • Sioux
  • Southwest
  • Taos
  • Zia Pueblo
  • Zuni