News December 11, 2013
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA—The Annenberg Foundation has announced that it will return the 24 Native American masks and other artifacts it purchased at an auction in Paris earlier this week to the Hopi Nation in Arizona and the San Carlos Apache. French judges had blocked attempts by the tribes and the U.S. Embassy to stop the sale. “The Annenberg Foundation set an example today of how to do the right thing,” commented Sam Tenakhongva, a Hopi cultural leader.
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