University of Kansas to Repatriate Native American Human Remains Recovered from Pamunkey Indian Tribe Reservation in King William County, Virginia
September 24, 2026
September 24, 2026
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 (TNSFR) -- The University of Kansas, Lawrence, intends to repatriate human remains representing one individual and 142 associated funerary objects to the Pamunkey Indian Tribe.
The remains and objects were removed from or around the Pamunkey Indian Tribe Reservation in King William County, Virginia, by James Sheldon Carey in 1934 and 1935. Carey was a ceramics instructor at the Pamunkey Pottery School before moving to Lawrence, Kansas, in 1944 to become a Univer . . .
The remains and objects were removed from or around the Pamunkey Indian Tribe Reservation in King William County, Virginia, by James Sheldon Carey in 1934 and 1935. Carey was a ceramics instructor at the Pamunkey Pottery School before moving to Lawrence, Kansas, in 1944 to become a Univer . . .