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Fernbank Museum of Natural History to Repatriate Over 68,000 Cultural Items to Seminole and Muscogee Tribes
May 02, 2025
WASHINGTON, May 2 (TNSFR) -- The Fernbank Museum of Natural History in Atlanta, Georgia, has formally announced its intent to repatriate 68,682 unassociated funerary objects under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). These items, tied to burials at the Mission Santa Catalina de Guale cemetery on St. Catherines Island in Liberty County, Georgia, have been culturally affiliated with the Seminole Tribe of Florida and The Muscogee (Creek) Nation.

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