Yale Museum Ready to Return Old Cheyenne Remains to Tribes
Published Date: 3/19/2025
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Summary
The Yale Peabody Museum has finished checking its collection and found six Native American human remains linked to the Cheyenne, Arapaho, and Kaw Tribes. These remains, collected long ago from Kansas, can be returned to the tribes starting April 18, 2025. This means the museum is ready to give back these important cultural items, respecting the tribes' heritage without any cost involved.
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Six Native American Remains Identified for Repatriation
The Yale Peabody Museum identified human remains from at least six Native American individuals that it has determined are affiliated with the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes (Oklahoma), Kaw Nation (Oklahoma), Northern Arapaho Tribe (Wind River Reservation, Wyoming), and Northern Cheyenne Tribe (Northern Cheyenne Reservation, Montana). The remains were collected in 1871 from an unknown location in Kansas (notes attribute Monument, Kansas; shipped from Fort Wallace, Kansas), no associated funerary objects are present, and the museum can repatriate them on or after April 18, 2025.
Who May Request Repatriation and How
Written requests for repatriation may be submitted to Professor David Skelly at the Yale Peabody Museum by any one or more of the Indian Tribes identified in the notice, or by any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization not listed that proves cultural affiliation by a preponderance of the evidence. Repatriation may occur on or after April 18, 2025; if competing requests arrive, the museum must determine the most appropriate requestor, and joint repatriation requests count as a single request.
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