Tennessee Environment & Conservation Department Returns Ancestral Remains to Cherokee, Chickasaw & Creek Nations
June 13, 2025
June 13, 2025
WASHINGTON, June 13 (TNSFR) -- The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Division of Archaeology has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.
The organization has determined a cultural affiliation between these items and several Indian tribes paving the way for their return. This important step addresses long-standing efforts to repatriate ancestral heritage.
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The organization has determined a cultural affiliation between these items and several Indian tribes paving the way for their return. This important step addresses long-standing efforts to repatriate ancestral heritage.
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