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. 
Skinner Auctioneers in Boston, MA

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Please assist us in identifying the sensitivity of these cultural items placed for sale at Skinner Auctioneers titled, "Grievo Collection of Native American Art" beginning on 05/08/2019 at 10:00 AM. 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:
  • Apache
  • Blackfeet
  • Chemeuvi
  • Cherokee
  • Cheyenne
  • Chippewa
  • Cochiti Pueblo
  • Cree
  • Delaware
  • Eskimo
  • Great Lakes
  • Hopi
  • Iroquois
  • Kiowa
  • Labrador
  • Lakota
  • Mohawk
  • Mojave
  • Mono Lake Paiute
  • ​​Navajo
  • Nez Perce
  • ​Nootka
  • ​Northeast
  • ​Northwest Coast
  • ​Ojibwe
  • ​Plains
  • ​Pima
  • ​Plateau
  • ​Pomo
  • ​Seminole
  • ​Southeast
  • ​Southern California
  • ​Taos Pueblo
  • ​Washoe/Paiute
  • ​Western Mono
  • ​Woodlands
  • ​Yokuts
  • ​Zuni

​Eve Auctions in Paris, France 

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​Please assist us in identifying the sensitivity of the cultural items placed for sale at Eve Auctions titled, "Art Premiers: Precolumbien et
Amerindien" beginning on 06/06/2019. 

The Tribal Nations affected are not yet known. ​
​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