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In January, Cal Poly Humboldt hired a full time coordinator to facilitate the return of about 23,000 objects to local tribes. The new coordinator is aiming for 100% return of the items — the campus was one of 12 in the CSU system found to have repatriated zero items in a 2023 state audit, required to be returned through legislation passed in 2001.

Harvard Peabody Museum Releases Data on Repatriation Efforts | News | The Harvard Crimson

Read more about the Biden administration's new rule granting veto authority over historical exhibitions and artifacts to Native American tribes.

The remains of tens of thousands of individuals taken by the Smithsonian Institution without consent should be proactively returned to their families and communities, a task force convened by the world-renowned museum complex has concluded.

Bryan Newland (Bay Mills Indian Community) visited Arizona State University’s Tempe campus Monday to talk with students and tour a new library space. As assistant secretary of Indian affairs at the U.S. Department of the Interior, he was also there to discuss what the current administration is doing to help further the interests of Indian Country. “I know what it’s like to live in a community that often gets overlooked,” said Newland, who is a citizen of the Bay Mil...

NAGPRA is an important law that helps us heal from some of the more painful times in our past by empowering Tribes to protect what is sacred to them...

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A Manitoba First Nation and an advocacy group are hosting a conference in Winnipeg this week to discuss the need for national legislation that would protect Indigenous ancestral remains and belongings in Canada.

When new federal regulations took effect last month requiring museums to get consent from tribes before exhibiting certain Native cultural items, museums…

A look at how the Field Museum in Chicago is responding to recent federal regulations that have led officials to cover objects they may need to return to tribes.