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    Parisian Auction of Sacred Hopi Artifacts Upsets Tribes

    70 items scheduled to go up for auction next week in Paris are so sacred that Hopi people refuse to describe them. The auctioneers are calling them masks.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    70 items scheduled to go up for auction next week in Paris are so sacred that Hopi people refuse to describe them. The auctioneers are calling them masks.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Christian Bordal

      Managing Producer, Greater LA

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      Kerry Cavanaugh

      editorial writer at the Los Angeles Times

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      Katie Cooper

      Producer, 'One year Later'

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      Debra Krol

      The Heard Museum of Native Cultures and Arts in Arizona

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      Jack Trope

      Association on American Indian Affairs

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