UMaine is using 3D-printing to help it return cultural artifacts to an Alaska tribe

BANGOR DAILY NEWS • May 3, 2022

A new project at the University of Maine is bringing engineers, artists and a campus museum together to return culturally sensitive artifacts to an Alaska tribe that wants the items returned. The UMaine team is creating a replica of one artifact using 3D printing. If all goes as planned, UMaine will create replicas of about a half dozen other Tlingit artifacts the tribe has requested.