The Wilderness Society Supports Repatriation of Remains to Alaskan Island
October 07, 2023
October 07, 2023
WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- The Wilderness Society issued the following statement on Oct. 6, 2023:
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The Wilderness Society has learned that Olaus Murie - a naturalist and wildlife biologist who joined the organization's governing council in 1937 and became its president in 1950 - took human remains from a cave on the Aleutian island of Kagamil in 1936 that were later donated by his family to Wyoming's Teton Science School, which is taking steps to repatriate th . . .
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The Wilderness Society has learned that Olaus Murie - a naturalist and wildlife biologist who joined the organization's governing council in 1937 and became its president in 1950 - took human remains from a cave on the Aleutian island of Kagamil in 1936 that were later donated by his family to Wyoming's Teton Science School, which is taking steps to repatriate th . . .