Yale Peabody Museum to Repatriate Human Remains to 1 of 3 Cherokee Tribes
October 16, 2026
October 16, 2026
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 (TNSFR) -- The Peabody Museum at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, intends to repatriate human remains representing one Native American individual to one of three Cherokee tribes.
According to the notice, Reverend Edward Dunning removed or otherwise acquired the individual from a cave near the Lee County courthouse in Virginia during or before 1869. Museum curator O.C. Marsh donated the remains to the Yale Peabody Museum in late 1869. No associated funerar . . .
According to the notice, Reverend Edward Dunning removed or otherwise acquired the individual from a cave near the Lee County courthouse in Virginia during or before 1869. Museum curator O.C. Marsh donated the remains to the Yale Peabody Museum in late 1869. No associated funerar . . .