Parks Service Returns Ancestral Remains to Native Tribes Honorably
Published Date: 9/25/2025
Notice
Summary
The National Park Service at Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park has finished checking and listing Native American human remains. They found a connection between these remains and certain Indian Tribes, so they’re ready to return them. This means tribes can expect their ancestors’ remains to be respectfully handed back soon, with no costs involved.
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Repatriation of Native American Remains
The National Park Service at Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park completed an inventory and determined a cultural affiliation between certain Native American human remains and the Indian Tribes named in this notice. The Park Service is prepared to return those remains to the affiliated tribes under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, and the notice states tribes will not incur costs for the return.
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