University of Alabama at Birmingham to Repatriate Native American Remains and Funerary Objects
March 15, 2025
March 15, 2025
WASHINGTON, March 15 (TNSFR) -- The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) has announced plans to repatriate the remains of a Native American individual along with associated funerary objects in compliance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The remains and artifacts were originally removed from Lewis Bluff Cave in Morgan County, Alabama, by soldiers from nearby Redstone Arsenal at an unknown time. The collection was later donated to Edward C. Mahan, who . . .