WASHINGTON, March 15 (TNSFR) -- The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University has completed an inventory of human remains in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and determined cultural affiliation with several Native American Tribes. The remains, consisting of hair clippings from seven individuals, were collected between 1930 and 1933 at three locations: Fort Mohave Indian School in Mohave County, Arizona; Pawnee Indian Res  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 (TNSFR) -- The Illinois State Museum has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and has determined a cultural affiliation between the remains and multiple tribal nations. The remains of at least ten individuals, along with 85 associated funerary objects, were removed from the Fisher Site in Will County, Illinois, between 1912 and 1941 by George Langford and the Univers  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 (TNSFR) -- The Ohio History Connection has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and has determined a cultural affiliation with multiple Indian Tribes. This decision will allow the return of remains and artifacts to their respective tribes, marking a significant step in the ongoing process of repatriation and cultural preservation. The inventory includes   more

WASHINGTON, March 15 (TNSFR) -- The Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association in Deerfield, Massachusetts, has announced plans to repatriate the remains of a Native American individual to the Shawnee Tribes, in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The remains, consisting of a cranium, were originally acquired by the association in 1885 through a donation from James S. Reed. The remains were removed from a burial mound in Coshocton, Ohio, by Professor   more

WASHINGTON, March 15 (TNSFR) -- The University of Miami has announced plans to repatriate the remains of at least 30 Native American individuals recovered from the Little Salt Spring site in Sarasota County, Florida. The decision, made in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), follows an inventory that determined a cultural affiliation between the remains and the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians, the Seminole Tribe of Florida, and The Seminole Nation of O  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 (TNSFR) -- The Yale Peabody Museum, in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), has announced plans to repatriate 44 unassociated funerary objects to the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians, the Seminole Tribe of Florida, and The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma. These artifacts, which were excavated from multiple sites across Florida over several decades, were donated to the museum between 1906 and 1946. The repatriation effort recognizes the  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 (TNSFR) -- The Yale Peabody Museum at Yale University has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and has determined a cultural affiliation between the remains and several Indian Tribes. The museum is set to repatriate the remains and artifacts to the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians, the Seminole Tribe of Florida, and The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma. The remains, representi  more