New Mexico tribe celebrates return of pueblo cultural items 0 SHARES Share it! Acoma Pueblo tribal Gov. Nearly 5,000 people Acoma Pueblo people call the area home, according to the tribe, and many continue to ask about the status of the shield in Paris and when it might return to the Pueblo. Aaron Sims, an attorney for Acoma Pueblo, said the finding confirmed Acoma Pueblo leaders’ long-held theory that tribes in the region have been disproportionately affected by the trafficking of ceremonial objects. Proposed in 2016 by U.S Sen. Martin Heinrich, a New Mexico Democrat, the legislation also would set an amnesty period for people to voluntarily return cultural items collected in violation of existing laws.

Source: Manila Bulletin December 20, 2018 02:03 UTC