2025-10603Notice

Bruce Museum Prepares to Return Native American Ancestral Remains

Published Date: 6/11/2025

Notice

Summary

The Bruce Museum in Greenwich, CT, has finished checking its collection and found that some human remains belong to Native American tribes or Native Hawaiian groups. This means the museum will work to return these remains to the right communities. If you’re part of these groups, now’s the time to connect with the museum to help with the process.

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Museum finds Native human remains

The Bruce Museum in Greenwich, CT, completed an inventory under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and determined some human remains are culturally affiliated with Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. The museum says it will work to return those remains to the affiliated communities.

Affiliated groups urged to contact museum

If you are a member of an Indian Tribe or a Native Hawaiian organization identified as affiliated, the Bruce Museum is asking you to contact the museum now to help with the repatriation process. This notice is the museum’s public call for affiliated communities to connect about returning the human remains.

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