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Private museums could face NAGPRA scrutiny Museums and other institutions that accept stimulus funds could be required to repatriate Indigenous artifacts and remains Author: May 16, 2021 Eighteen medicine bags from the Portland Art Museum s Native American collection are headed back to Montana. The museum, based in Portland, Oregon, has also worked to return cultural and religious items belonging to the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. (Photo courtesy of Portland Art Museum) Museums and other institutions that accept stimulus funds could be required to repatriate Indigenous artifacts and remains Nanette Kelley Small museums and private institutions that accept federal CARES Act money or other stimulus funds could be forced to relinquish thousands of Indigenous items and ancestral remains now in their collections. ....
Evening briefs in Indian Country Headlines from Thursday, April 1, 2021 Author: Headlines from Thursday, April 1, 2021 Happy first day of April! Here’s a look at what’s happening today: Years later, Chickasaw remains returning home JACKSON, Miss. A man and a woman were found buried among wolf teeth and turtle shells. Other graves contained mothers and infants. Some tribal citizens were laid to rest with beloved dogs. Over the last century, the Mississippi Department of Archives and History has stored the remains of hundreds of Native Americans who once inhabited the state. “We see the repatriation process as an act of love, said Amber Hood, Director of Historic Preservation and Repatriation for The Chickasaw Nation. “These are our grandmothers, grandfathers, aunts, uncles and cousins from long ago.” ....