Penn Museum buries bones of 19 Black Philadelphians, causing dispute with community members
For decades, the University of Pennsylvania has held hundreds of skulls that once were used to promote white supremacy through racist scientific research.
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For decades, the University of Pennsylvania has held hundreds of skulls that once were used to promote white supremacy through racist scientific research.
Bones had been used to provide disproven scientific justification for white supremacy before being housed in the Penn Museum
New federal rules have forced the museums to block access to various objects unless they can obtain consent from the descendants of native communities.
By Sarah Lehr | Wisconsin Public Radio The Logan Museum of Anthropology at Beloit College is planning to cover up part of an exhibit in response to new
Museums in St. Joseph and across the U.S. will have to reevaluate their Native American artifacts following new updates to a 1990 law.