William S. Webb Museum of Anthropology to Repatriate Ancestral Remains to 6 Native American Tribes
June 28, 2025
June 28, 2025
WASHINGTON, June 28 (TNSFR) -- The University of Kentucky William S. Webb Museum of Anthropology is taking steps to repatriate ancestral human remains and funerary objects to several native American tribes.
This action involves the physical remains of 492 individuals and 1,180 associated objects acknowledging their cultural connection to the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma, Cherokee Nation, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, Shawnee Tr . . .
This action involves the physical remains of 492 individuals and 1,180 associated objects acknowledging their cultural connection to the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma, Cherokee Nation, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, Shawnee Tr . . .