Mississippi Department of Archives & History Intends to Repatriate Cultural Items to Chickasaw Nation
February 13, 2026
February 13, 2026
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 (TNSFR) -- The Mississippi Department of Archives and History intends to repatriate four lots of cultural items to the Chickasaw Nation. This decision dentifies the objects as unassociated funerary objects removed from the Owl Creek/Shiloh Church Mounds site in Chickasaw County, Mississippi.
The collection consists of one lot of ceramics, one lot of faunal remains, one lot of lithics, and one lot of organic materials. These items were excavated in 1935 by MDAH ar . . .
The collection consists of one lot of ceramics, one lot of faunal remains, one lot of lithics, and one lot of organic materials. These items were excavated in 1935 by MDAH ar . . .