FILE - In this May 24, 2016, file photo, a Native American flag hangs far above American Indian advocates as they hold a news conference at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, to contest a Paris auction house's upcoming auction of Native American remains and sacred objects. A ceremonial shield has been returned to New Mexico more than three years after it became central to an international debate over the export of Native American items. U.S. and Acoma Pueblo officials planned Monday, Nov. 18, 2019, to announce the shield's return from Paris, where it had been listed for bidding in 2016 before the EVE auction house took the rare step of halting its sale. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
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