Alaska Wildlife Service Completes Native Remains Inventory
Published Date: 3/19/2025
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Summary
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Alaska, with help from local museums, finished checking old human remains and burial items. They found these remains are connected to Native American tribes and Native Hawaiian groups. This means the items will be handled respectfully and returned to the right communities, following important laws to honor their heritage.
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Tribal Repatriation Completed in Alaska
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, with the University of Alaska Museum of the North and the Museum of the Aleutians, completed an inventory under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and determined that certain human remains and funerary objects are culturally affiliated with Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. Those remains and associated funerary objects will be handled according to NAGPRA and returned (repatriated) to the affiliated tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations named in the notice.
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