Chicago's Field Museum Preps Native Remains for Repatriation
Published Date: 4/2/2025
Notice
Summary
The Field Museum in Chicago has finished checking its collection of Native American and Native Hawaiian human remains and related items. They’ve confirmed these remains belong to specific tribes and groups, so they’re ready to return them. This update affects tribes waiting for their ancestors’ remains and sets the stage for respectful repatriation soon.
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Field Museum finished NAGPRA inventory
If you are an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization named in this notice, the Field Museum has completed its inventory under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The museum determined cultural affiliation for certain human remains and associated funerary objects and is ready to return those remains and items to the affiliated tribes or organizations.
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