Harvard to Return Remains from Flandreau Indian School to Tribes
Published Date: 3/19/2025
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Summary
Harvard’s Peabody Museum finished checking its collection and found that some human remains belong to Native American tribes and Native Hawaiian groups. These remains were taken from the Flandreau Indian School in South Dakota. This means the museum will work with these communities to return the remains, following important laws that protect Native heritage.
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Repatriation of Native Remains
The Peabody Museum at Harvard completed a NAGPRA inventory and found that certain human remains collected at the Flandreau Indian School in Moody County, South Dakota, are culturally affiliated with Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations. The museum will work with those tribes and organizations to consult and return (repatriate) the remains under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.
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