WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 (TNSFR) -- The Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, has completed an inventory of ancestral human remains and associated funerary objects, determining a cultural affiliation with three Native American tribes. This action, following the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, sets the stage for the repatriation of these items to the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation, the Kaw Nation and the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma. The items, wh  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 (TNSFR) -- The Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, has completed its inventory of Native American human remains and associated funerary objects, finding a cultural connection to the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma and the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes. Conducted under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the inventory identified the remains of 72 individuals and 23,270 objects. The items were collected from numerous sites across several Kansas   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 (TNSFR) -- The Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, has completed an inventory of Native American human remains and objects and will repatriate them to the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma. The repatriation is being carried out under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and includes remains and items from two separate sites. The first set of items consists of 10 funerary objects, including jasper flakes, animal bone fragments, mollusks, and a mull  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 (TNSFR) -- The Kansas State Historical Society. Topeka, is preparing to return the remains of at least 48 individuals and over 1,000 artifacts to the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma. This action follows an inventory conducted in compliance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The items are from a dozen different sites across Kansas. The repatriation involves human remains and objects found in Atchison, Doniphan, Jewell, Nemaha, Marshall, Republ  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * U.S., Saudi Arabia Strengthen Ties Through State Partnership Program * Saudi Arabia expanded its strategic ties with the United States by formally joining the Defense Department National Guard Bureau State Partnership Program during a ceremony in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, yesterday. Military leaders from both nations signed a declaration to integrate Saudi Arabia into the SPP, aligning the Saudi Arabian arme  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 (TNSFR) -- The University of Florida Museum of Natural History has completed an inventory under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and will repatriate a human mandible to three Native American tribes. The remains, identified as belonging to a Native American individual, were discovered during a review of a 1969 fossil collection from the Monkey Jungle Hammock site, a dry sinkhole in Miami-Dade County. The affiliated tribes are the Miccosukee   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 (TNSFR) -- The University of Florida Museum of Natural History has completed an inventory under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and will repatriate human remains and 257 funerary objects from the Cutler Fossil Site in Miami-Dade County to three Native American tribes. The human remains and associated funerary objects have been identified through consultation as culturally affiliated with the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians, Seminole Tribe of F  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 (TNSFR) -- The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus has finished an inventory of ancestral remains and related items and is prepared to repatriate them to three Native American tribes. The determination was made in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. The university's findings establish a connection between the remains of two individuals, along with 382 associated objects and the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, the Chocta  more