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New federal rules have forced the museums to block access to various objects unless they can obtain consent from the descendants of native communities.

If you stop by Chicago’s Field Museum and visit the exhibits featuring the native peoples of the Northwest Coast and Arctic, as well as those of the Ancient Americas, you will notice display cases covered over or blocked off so no one can see inside. As the Tribune’s Christopher Borrelli recently reported, this isn’t the result of a routine renovation or museum improvement plan. This cover-up ...

Good morning, Chicago. The future of police discipline in Chicago is scheduled for a City Council vote for the third time today after a committee voted to reject a Fraternal Order of Police contract measure that would allow officers accused of serious misconduct to have their disciplinary cases heard behind closed doors. The committee’s 10-5 vote tees up another chapter in the back and forth ...

Federal regulations concerning the exhibition and study of Native American remains and sacred artifacts were tightened, to bring teeth and clarity to a set of rules that languished for decades.