Yale Museum Returns Ancient Native Remains to Tribes After Inventory Check
Published Date: 3/17/2025
Notice
Summary
Yale Peabody Museum has finished checking its collection and found that some human remains and burial items belong to certain Native American tribes. This means these items can be returned to the tribes connected to them. The museum is now officially announcing this, so everyone knows the next steps for giving these important items back.
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Museum NAGPRA Repatriation Declared
If you are a Native American Tribe named in the notice, the Yale Peabody Museum completed an inventory under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and determined a cultural affiliation between certain human remains and associated funerary objects and those tribes. Those human remains and funerary items are eligible to be returned to the affiliated tribes, and the museum has publicly announced the next steps for repatriation.
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