Harvard Museum Preps to Return Ancestral Bones to Tribes
Published Date: 5/16/2025
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Summary
The Peabody Museum at Harvard has finished checking its collection of Native American and Native Hawaiian human remains and related items. They found a clear connection between these remains and specific tribes and organizations. This means the museum is ready to return these items to the rightful communities, following important laws, with no costs or deadlines mentioned.
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Peabody Museum to Return Remains
The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard completed an inventory of Native American and Native Hawaiian human remains and associated funerary objects under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The museum determined those remains have cultural affiliation with specific Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations and is prepared to return the remains and objects to the affiliated communities.
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