Mississippi Archives Lists Asylum Hill Site Items
Published Date: 6/22/2026
Notice
Summary
The Mississippi Department of Archives and History has finished checking and listing Native American human remains and related items found at the Asylum Hill site. These remains and objects can be returned to the affiliated tribes starting July 22, 2026. This means tribes can now ask to have these important cultural items sent back, with no costs mentioned for anyone involved.
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Named Tribes Can Request Repatriation
The Jena Band of Choctaw Indians, the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, and The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma may request return of items beginning July 22, 2026. The notice covers human remains of one Native American individual and five lots of associated funerary objects (coffin wood, coffin nails, coffin screws, buttons, and a copper alloy ring). Requests may be sent as written repatriation requests to the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, and competing requests must be resolved by that office before transfer.
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