Kentucky Museum Lists 652 Native Remains for Return
Published Date: 7/22/2026
Notice
Summary
The William S. Webb Museum of Anthropology at the University of Kentucky has finished checking and listing 652 Native American human remains and 559 related objects. These items are linked to specific tribes and may be returned to them starting August 21, 2026. If you want to request repatriation, contact the museum soon to help honor these important cultural treasures.
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Repatriation Available After Aug 21, 2026
If you are one of the named Indian Tribes or a lineal descendant, the William S. Webb Museum completed an inventory of 652 Native American human remains and 559 associated funerary objects that may be returned starting August 21, 2026. The notice identifies the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Shawnee Tribe; and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma as having a connection to these remains and objects.
Who Can Request Repatriation
You may request repatriation by submitting a written request to the museum's authorized representative. Requests may be submitted by any one or more of the tribes named in the notice, or by any lineal descendant or Indian Tribe not named who shows by a preponderance of the evidence that they are a lineal descendant or have cultural affiliation; if competing requests are received, the museum will determine the most appropriate requestor and joint requests are treated as a single request.
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