WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (TNSFR) -- Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, has announced its intent to repatriate several Native American cultural items determined to meet the definitions of sacred objects and objects of cultural patrimony under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. The determination follows an inventory review and consultation process that established a cultural affiliation between the items and the Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup Reservation, clearing the way   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA Completes Contaminated Soil Removal From 84 Residential Yards Near Former Exide Battery Facility in Logansport, Indiana * Agency completes a two-year lead cleanup in the neighborhood surrounding the former lead-acid battery manufacturing facility CHICAGO (December 22, 2025) - On October 8, 2025, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) completed an extensive cleanup of lead-contaminated  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (TNSFR) -- The Indianapolis Museum of Art dba Newfields, Indiana, has announced its intent to repatriate a group of Native American cultural items identified as unassociated funerary objects. The action is being taken under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act and involves 11 cultural items that have been determined to share cultural affiliation with several federally recognized Tribal Nations. According to the notice, the 11 unassociated funerary objec  more

SOUTH BEND, Indiana, Dec. 22 -- The University of Notre Dame Law School posted the following news: * * * Notre Dame Law Professor Diane Desierto Awarded Research Grants to Advance Global Human Rights Work * Professor Diane Desierto, faculty director of the LL.M. in International Human Rights Law program and director of the Notre Dame Law School Global Human Rights Clinic, has received multiple research grants this year to support her work advancing international human rights and democratic r  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (TNSFR) -- Princeton University, New Jersey, has completed an inventory of Native American human remains held in its collections and determined that the remains are culturally affiliated with multiple federally recognized Indian Tribes. The inventory identified human remains representing at least two individuals. One individual was removed from Marion County, Indiana and acquired in the late nineteenth century by Reverend R. T. Liston, a Presbyterian missionary. The remains   more