University of Maine-Orono to Repatriate 184 Cultural Items From Sites in Maine
March 28, 2026
March 28, 2026
WASHINGTON, March 28 (TNSFR) -- The University of Maine Orono campus plans to repatriate 184 cultural items connected to Native American communities under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.
The items, which include artifacts, soil and ocher samples and plaster casts of funerary objects, were collected over the university's history from sites in Maine and research donations. Among them are materials from the Godfrey Cemetery site in Old Town, Penobscot C . . .
The items, which include artifacts, soil and ocher samples and plaster casts of funerary objects, were collected over the university's history from sites in Maine and research donations. Among them are materials from the Godfrey Cemetery site in Old Town, Penobscot C . . .