Some Mass. museums pull objects from display after new federal rules require tribal consent
The new regulations for the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, or NAGPRA, require institutions like museums and schools to obtain "free, prior, and informed consent" before exhibiting human remains and cultural objects, or giving people access to them or conducting research on them.
United States Mount Holyoke Mount Holyoke College Art Museum David Skelly Shannon Oloughlin Association On American Indian Affairs
Source: wbur.org