Longyear Museum of Anthropology to Repatriate Shell Beads Taken to Pawnee Nation
May 08, 2025
May 08, 2025
WASHINGTON, May 8 (TNSFR) - The Longyear Museum of Anthropology at Colgate University in Hamilton, New York, has announced its intent to repatriate 40 shell beads identified as unassociated funerary objects to the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma.
The cultural items were originally removed from a burial context in Phillips County, Kansas, and were later transferred to the museum by the Smithsonian Institution. The repatriation notice was issued by the U.S. Department of the Interior Natio . . .
The cultural items were originally removed from a burial context in Phillips County, Kansas, and were later transferred to the museum by the Smithsonian Institution. The repatriation notice was issued by the U.S. Department of the Interior Natio . . .