Florida Museum Finally Counts All Its Dead Bodies
Published Date: 1/16/2025
Notice
Summary
The University of Florida’s Florida Museum of Natural History has finished checking its collection of Native American human remains and related items. They found a connection between these remains and certain Native tribes, and plan to return them starting February 18, 2025. This means important cultural treasures will be respectfully sent back to their rightful communities soon.
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Repatriation of Remains and 8,512 Objects
The University of Florida's museum has identified human remains of eight Native American individuals and 8,512 associated funerary objects and determined a cultural affiliation with the Seminole Tribe of Florida and the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. These remains and objects may be repatriated (returned) beginning on or after February 18, 2025.
Who May Request Repatriation
Repatriation requests may be submitted by any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations named in the notice, or by any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization (not named) that shows by a preponderance of the evidence it is culturally affiliated. The museum will consider competing requests and may repatriate to an approved requestor on or after February 18, 2025.
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