Utah Feds Prep Return of Ancestral Native Remains
Published Date: 3/27/2025
Notice
Summary
The Bureau of Land Management and Bureau of Reclamation finished checking old human remains and artifacts from Utah and nearby areas. They found these items belong to certain Native American tribes and Native Hawaiian groups. Now, they’re ready to return these important cultural items to the right communities, following the law, with no cost or deadlines for the public.
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Repatriation of Native Remains
If you are a member of an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization, the Bureau of Land Management and Bureau of Reclamation have completed a NAGPRA inventory and determined that human remains and associated funerary objects removed from the Glen Canyon area of San Juan County, Garfield County, and Kane County, Utah, are culturally affiliated with tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. The remains and objects are in the custody of the Utah Museum of Natural History (University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT), the American Museum of Natural History (New York, NY), and the Museum of Northern Arizona (Flagstaff, AZ), and are ready to be returned under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. The notice states these returns follow the law and are to be completed with no cost or deadlines for the public.
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