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Brenda Tindal named executive director of Harvard Museums of Science and Culture By Diti Kohli Globe Correspondent,Updated May 10, 2021, 3:52 p.m. Email to a Friend Brenda Tindal brings an impressive resume in museum curation and research, plus experience helping institutions grapple with historic ties to slavery.Harvard Museums of Science and Culture The Harvard Museums of Science and Culture announced Monday that it had appointed Brenda Tindal as executive director, charging her with guiding four public-facing museums into a more inclusive era. Tindal will be responsible for leading the Har...

© Getty Images An attorney who is a descendant of a Native American tribal chief and civil rights leader is calling on Harvard University to return an ancient relic currently on display at one of its museums.  Brett Chapman of Oklahoma, who is related to Chief Standing Bear of the Ponca Tribe, detailed in a recent Twitter thread that he sent an email late last month to Harvard’s Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology challenging the “moral right” to hold and display a tomahawk that once belonged to Standing Bear.  Chapman in his letter to the museum’s director, Jane Pickering,...

Descendant Of Native American Civil Rights Pioneer Calls On Harvard To Return Tomahawk The gates leading to Harvard Yard at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018. Charles Krupa / AP Share Standing Bear Tomahawk A descendant of a Native American civil rights pioneer is calling on Harvard University to turn over a tomahawk once owned by his ancestor. In an interview with GBH All Things Considered host Arun Rath, Brett Chapman of Oklahoma said that Harvard’s Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology is in wrongful possession of the tomahawk, which once belonged t...

The Association on American Indian Affairs sent a letter to University President Lawrence S. Bacow in February alleging Harvard is in violation of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act and “has caused continuing physical, emotional and spiritual trauma to Native Nations and their citizens.” The letter accused Harvard and the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology of several legal and ethical missteps in its handling of Native American human remains and cultural objects, including failing to consult with Native American tribal nations when completing inventories o...

Following a University report that indicated the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology houses the remains of formerly enslaved people within its collections, anthropology scholars and curator advocates called on Harvard to promote conversations regarding museums’ roles in perpetuating racism. At the end of January, University President Lawrence S. Bacow announced the results of a Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology review, which found that the museum’s collections include the remains of 15 individuals of African descent who were likely alive during the time of slavery ...