Native American Ancestor, Bone Awl Linked to 20 Tribes Through Museum Review
June 11, 2026
June 11, 2026
WASHINGTON, June 11 (TNSFR) -- The American Museum of Natural History has completed an inventory of Native American human remains and an associated funerary object and determined that they are culturally affiliated with 20 Indian Tribes, according to a notice published by the National Park Service.
The inventory covers the remains of one Native American individual and a bone awl removed in 1924 from a site in Pike County, Illinois, north of Chambersburg. Museum records described the . . .
The inventory covers the remains of one Native American individual and a bone awl removed in 1924 from a site in Pike County, Illinois, north of Chambersburg. Museum records described the . . .