Newark Museum of Art to Return Ancestral Remains to 3 Native American Tribes, Objects Following Completed Inventory
August 20, 2025
August 20, 2025
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 (TNSFR) -- The Newark Museum of Art, New Jersey, has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, determining a cultural connection to three indigenous groups. This action means the remains of at least two individuals and 58 objects will be returned to the Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; the Delaware Tribe of Indians; and the Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin.
A human jawbone, anonymously given to the museum in 1931, was removed from . . .
A human jawbone, anonymously given to the museum in 1931, was removed from . . .