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"The worst kind of colonialism," Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) said of schools and museums holding onto thousands of stolen bones. But it's complicated.
Officials from the Peabody Museum, which opened on March 26, said they remain committed to “culturally responsive collection stewardship” in light of new federal regulations that aim to strengthen the 1990 Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.
According to library lore, the 19th century book was once used to haze new employees. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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“I think the revised regulations especially requiring consent before the display and research of these items is a positive change,” said Laura Bryant, the Anthropology collection steward and NAGPRA coordinator for Gilcrease.
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