Harvard Peabody to Return Remains Linked to Flandreau Indian School
Published Date: 3/18/2025
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Harvard’s Peabody Museum just finished checking its collection of human remains from the Flandreau Indian School in South Dakota. They found these remains are connected to certain Native American tribes and Native Hawaiian groups. This means the museum will work with these communities to handle the remains respectfully, following important laws, with no money changes involved.
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Museum Finds Tribal Affiliation for Remains
The Peabody Museum at Harvard completed an inventory under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and determined that human remains collected at the Flandreau Indian School in Moody County, South Dakota, are culturally affiliated with certain Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations. The museum will work with those communities under NAGPRA to handle the remains respectfully, and no money will change hands.
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