Film Screening & Filmmaker Talk on Repatriation to Restoration

Name: Film Screening & Filmmaker Talk on Repatriation to Restoration
Start: 2026-05-27T17:30:00-04:00
End: 2026-05-27T19:00:00-04:00
Location: 1903 Hillsborough St, Raleigh, NC, United States, North Carolina 27607

Schedule

Wed May 27 2026 at 05:30 pm to 07:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

1903 Hillsborough St, Raleigh, NC, United States, North Carolina 27607 | Raleigh, NC

Join the Gregg Museum for a short film screening and conversation exploring the ongoing work of repatriation. Connected to the exhibition Through Our Eyes, In Our Hands: Prioritizing Indigenous Knowledge in Museums, this program invites reflection on the responsibilities museums hold in returning sacred objects to their rightful communities.
On view at the Gregg Museum is an 1880s Kiowa cradleboard, repatriated in 2025 through the NAGPRA process, which offers a powerful context for this conversation. What does it mean for sacred objects to reside in museums, even temporarily? How do we move from possession toward restoration?
Filmmakers Ben West and Yancey Burns of the Rena Flying Coyote Collective explore these questions in Repatriation to Restoration.
Following the screening, West and Burns will be joined by Nancy Chavis, Director of the Museum of the Southeast American Indian at UNC Pembroke, and Lee Chavis-Tartaglia, NAGPRA Collections Assistant at the Gregg Museum, for a brief discussion of the documentary film, followed by Q&A with the audience.
This event is FREE with registration!