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Is the Metropolitan Museum of Art Displaying Objects That Belong to Native American Tribes? <[link removed]> Only a small percentage of works donated by Charles and Valerie Diker have clear ownership histories. Experts say this could mean objects are stolen or fake. Meanwhile, the Met has been slow to ask tribes for information about the items. by Kathleen Sharp for ProPublica

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The Repatriation Project

America’s Biggest Museums Fail to Return Native American Human Remains <[link removed]> The remains of more than 100,000 Native Americans are held by prestigious U.S. institutions, despite a 1990 law meant to return them to tribal nations. Here’s how the ancestors were stolen — and how tribes are working to get them back. by Logan Jaffe, Mary Hudetz and Ash Ngu, ProPublica, and Graham Lee Brewer, NBC News <[link removed]>

Does Your Local Museum or University Still Have Native American Remains? <[link removed]> Three decades after legislation pushed for the return of Native American remains to Indigenous communities, many of the nation’s top museums and universities still have thousands of human remains in their collections. Check on institutions near you. by Ash Ngu and Andrea Suozzo <[link removed]>

The Museum Built on Native American Burial Mounds <[link removed]> For decades, Dickson Mounds Museum in Illinois displayed the open graves of more than 200 Indigenous people. Thirty years after a federal law required museums to begin returning remains, the statewide museum system still holds thousands. by Logan Jaffe <[link removed]>

A Top UC Berkeley Professor Taught With Remains That May Include Dozens of Native Americans <[link removed]> Despite decades of Indigenous activism and resistance, UC Berkeley has failed to return the remains of thousands of Native Americans to tribes. The university is still discovering more human remains. by Mary Hudetz, ProPublica, and Graham Lee Brewer, NBC News <[link removed]>

Senate Committee Probes Top Universities, Museums Over Failures to Repatriate Human Remains <[link removed]> U.S. senators want five institutions to explain why they continue to hold thousands of Native American remains and belongings, following reporting from ProPublica and NBC News. “It’s immoral, it’s hypocritical, and it has to stop,” one senator said. by Mary Hudetz, ProPublica, and Graham Lee Brewer, NBC News <[link removed]>

Help Us Investigate Museums’ Failure to Return Native American Human Remains and Cultural Items <[link removed]> Do you know about how museums and other institutions are handling the repatriation of Native American human remains and cultural items under NAGPRA? We want to hear from you. by Asia Fields, Mary Hudetz, Logan Jaffe and Ash Ngu

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