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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 Mills Indian Community (Ojibwe) in Michigan, near the Canadian border.