The Bruce Beasley Foundation repatriates
Indigenous art objects back to their original
cultures and ancestral homes

Bruce Beasley's respect for indigenous cultures led him to remote parts of the world, where he researched and preserved many meaningful objects. This collection was donated to the non-profit Bruce Beasley Foundation, where Director Marlena Doktorczyk-Donohue is repatriating indigenous objects back to their original cultures. Among objects that have gone back to their ancestral homes are a sacred 100-year-old painted animal skin (below) returned to the Hopi of Arizona, and a ceremonial Chilkat Robe dating back nearly 200 years, returned to the Tlingit people of Alaska.