Tennessee Archaeology Division to Repatriate Burial Objects Linked to Tribes With Ancestral Ties to Davidson County
November 26, 2025
November 26, 2025
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 (TNSFR) -- The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Division of Archaeology, Nashville, has announced plans to repatriate culturally significant objects connected to Native American burial traditions in Davidson County, according to a notice issued under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. The inventory lists thirteen funerary items considered unassociated due to the absence of human remains; however, archaeological context and cultura . . .