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University of Kansas repatriation program manager Thomas Torma confirmed in a statement to the Kansan that the current inventory of indigenous remains on University campus is 470 ancestors, over doubling
The remains of at least 271 Native Americans were found in storage on the University of Kansas campus last year. Despite a 1990 federal law, they still haven’t been returned to their Kansas tribes.
Former tribal historic preservation officer Thomas Torma begins March 6.
The U.S. Corps of Engineers facilitated the repatriation of 20 remains and 136 cultural artifacts to the Wiyot tribe from the Hearst Museum of Anthropology.
