Cabbie keeps box of items left in cab for over 30 years

[keyman51]

https://www.ktuu.com/content/news/bo...a-Native-artif


Not too sure why he didn't call an office in the village. The village is small enough that most people would know each other.

[Tallie225]

News article isn't there but sounds cool

[Roselvr]

Originally Posted by Tallie225

News article isn't there but sounds cool

A box of Alaska Native artifacts goes from unknown to on its way home

"We have a family member who is a retired cab owner," Christensen said, "and he found this box when he was moving out of state. He gave it to my husband and I, and I've had it on my shelf for just two years, not knowing what to do with it."

The box was passed to her from that family member. Inside, she found what would turn out to be an array of Alaska Native artifacts, some of them estimated to be thousands of years old.

"I called the Native Village of Savoonga and asked if they knew a Ben, and they said 'Yeah, he's right here,'" she laughed. "I talked to Ben and said, 'I have this crazy story for you. Do you remember leaving a box in the back of a cab?'

[Sarahsez]

So he was wanting to trade them in the past, but now they are to be reclaimed??? If I understand correctly, the artifacts were safer being lost, than they would have been otherwise. Of course, attitudes towards the artifacts have probably changed in the last 30 years.