Tennessee State Prepares to Repatriate County Burial Items
Published Date: 7/29/2025
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The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation just finished checking old human remains and burial items from four Tennessee counties. They found these remains are connected to Native American tribes, so they’re letting everyone know to follow the rules about returning these items. This means tribes can expect these important cultural items to be handled with respect and care soon.
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NAGPRA inventory completed; tribes notified
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation finished an inventory under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) of human remains and funerary objects from Bedford, Coffee, Grundy, and Moore Counties, Tennessee. The agency determined there is a cultural affiliation between those remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations and published that determination in this notice.
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The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation and Middle Tennessee State University have finished checking human remains and artifacts from a site in Rutherford County. They found these items are connected to Native American tribes. This means the items will be handled according to important laws that protect Native American heritage, with no costs or deadlines for the public.
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