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.

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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

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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

Behind ProPublica’s Reporting on Repatriation <[link removed]> Our reporters answer frequently asked questions about The Repatriation Project from leaders and citizens of tribal nations. by Asia Fields, Mary Hudetz, Logan Jaffe and Ash Ngu <[link removed]>

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