WASHINGTON, March 19 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska Region, Anchorage, has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, determining their cultural affiliation with Native American tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations. This effort, conducted in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), involves remains and artifacts removed from multiple archaeological sites in the Aleut  more

LONDON, England, March 20 -- Civil Society Media posted the following news: * * * London Museum receives record pound sterling20m donation ahead of reopening By Rob Preston London Museum has been given its largest ever private donation, of pound sterling20m, as it prepares to reopen next year. The charity, whose flagship museum closed in December 2022, has also received its largest ever gift of archaeological material - a collection of Roman artefacts uncovered on the site of Bloomberg's Eu  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 (TNSFR) -- The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Philadelphia, has completed an inventory of human remains under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and has determined a cultural affiliation with four federally recognized tribes in Maine. The museum will return the remains to the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians, Mi'kmaq Nation, Passamaquoddy Tribe (Indian Township and Pleasant Point), and the Penobscot Natio  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 (TNSFR) -- The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has completed an inventory of human remains and identified a cultural affiliation with the Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin. The human remains, consisting of hair clippings from two Native American students at the Flandreau Indian School in Moody County, South Dakota, were collected between 1930 and   more

WASHINGTON, March 19 (TNSFR) -- The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has completed an inventory of human remains and determined a cultural affiliation with the Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma. The human remains, consisting of hair clippings from three Native American individuals, were collected at the Pawnee Indian Reservation in Pawnee County, Oklahoma, between 1930 and 1933. The repatriation is being conducted in accordance  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 (TNSFR) -- The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has completed an inventory of human remains collected from the Sherman Institute in Riverside County, California, and determined their cultural affiliation with specific Native American tribes. In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the museum has identified the remains as belonging to three individuals and will procee  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 (TNSFR) -- The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has announced the planned repatriation of human remains collected from the Sherman Institute in Riverside County, California. The repatriation effort, undertaken in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), follows an inventory process that determined a clear cultural affiliation between the remains and several federally rec  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 (TNSFR) -- The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has completed an inventory of human remains collected from the Flandreau Indian School in Moody County, South Dakota, and has determined a cultural affiliation with the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation. The National Park Service published the notice in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), facilitatin  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 (TNSFR) -- The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has completed an inventory of human remains and determined a cultural affiliation with the Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation. The determination, made in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), was announced by the National Park Service in a Federal Register notice. The remains were removed from San Gabriel Canyon in Los Ang  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 (TNSFR) -- The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has announced the planned repatriation of human remains to the Mooretown Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California and the Round Valley Indian Tribes of the Round Valley Reservation, California. The remains, consisting of hair clippings from one individual identified as "Concow," were collected at the Sherman Institute in Riverside County, California, between 1930 and  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 (TNSFR) -- The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has announced plans to repatriate human remains consisting of hair clippings taken from five Native American individuals at two federal Indian boarding schools in South Dakota and Oregon. In compliance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the remains will be returned to the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Re  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 (TNSFR) -- The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has completed an inventory of human remains and determined a cultural affiliation with the Onondaga Nation.  The remains, representing two individuals of Native American ancestry, were removed from Binghamton, Broome County, and Owego, Tioga County, New York, in the late 19th century. In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGP  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 (TNSFR) -- The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has completed an inventory of human remains and determined a cultural affiliation with the Round Valley Indian Tribes of the Round Valley Reservation in California.  The remains, consisting of hair clippings from one individual identified as "Ukie," were collected at the Sherman Institute in Riverside County, California, between 1930 and 1933. In compliance with the   more

WASHINGTON, March 19 (TNSFR) -- The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts has completed an inventory of human remains and determined their cultural affiliation with several Native American Tribes. In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the remains, which consist of hair clippings from at least nine individuals, are set for repatriation. The human remains were collected from various locations,  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 (TNSFR) -- The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has completed an inventory of human remains collected from the Fort Mohave Indian School in Mohave County, Arizona, and has determined a cultural affiliation with the Colorado River Indian Tribes of the Colorado River Indian Reservation, spanning Arizona and California. The findings, published by the National Park Service in accordance with the Native American Graves  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 (TNSFR) -- The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has completed an inventory of human remains collected from the Uintah and Ouray Agency in Uintah County, Utah, and has determined a cultural affiliation with the Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado; Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah; and the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe. The National Park Service published the notice i  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 (TNSFR) -- The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Division of Archaeology, Nashville, has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, determining a cultural affiliation with several Native American Tribes. The review, conducted under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), concerns remains discovered at the Tallassee archaeological site in Blount County, Tennessee. The Tallassee site, designated 4  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 (TNSFR) -- The University of California, Davis (UC Davis) has announced its intention to repatriate two culturally significant items to Native American tribes under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). These artifacts, identified as a piece of travertine limestone and one lot of unidentified missing material, have been determined to hold ongoing historical, traditional, and cultural significance to the Patwin Tribes. The artifacts in questi  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 (TNSFR) -- The University of California, Davis (UC Davis) has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, confirming a cultural affiliation with the Cachil DeHe Band of Wintun Indians of the Colusa Indian Community of the Colusa Rancheria, California; Kletsel Dehe Wintun Nation of the Cortina Rancheria; and the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, California. This determination, in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act  more