Tennessee Environment & Conservation Department Returns Ancestral Remains, Objects to Poarch Band of Creek Indians & Chickasaw Nation
June 12, 2025
June 12, 2025
WASHINGTON, June 12 (TNSFR) -- The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Division of Archaeology has completed its inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects. This action under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act facilitates the return of these ancestral items to the Poarch Band of Creek Indians and the Chickasaw Nation.
The inventory details human remains representing at least two individuals from Site 40MY105 in McNairy County, . . .
The inventory details human remains representing at least two individuals from Site 40MY105 in McNairy County, . . .