Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests to Return Human Remains and Artifacts to Tribes
January 18, 2025
January 18, 2025
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 (TNSFR) -- The Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests has announced plans to repatriate human remains and associated funerary objects discovered in Navajo County, Arizona, in 2009. The remains, belonging to a female individual, were found during monitoring of a previously recorded site, and they are accompanied by 40 funerary objects.
These objects include nine stone beads, 29 pieces of stone debris, and two small lithic flakes, all believed to have been intentional . . .
These objects include nine stone beads, 29 pieces of stone debris, and two small lithic flakes, all believed to have been intentional . . .