Some government agencies and universities in Washington state continue to hold the remains of Indigenous people, despite a 1990 law that requires them to work to return those remains to tribes.
Some government agencies and universities in Washington state continue to hold the remains of Indigenous people, despite a 1990Native American artifacts and gravesites were looted for many decades, often with the federal government's encouragement, ProPublica reported inReturning the remains of Indigenous people to their descendants is not only required legally, but ethically, said Lourdes Henebry-DeLeon, the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act program director at Central...
Archaeology faculty sometimes brought remains back to the university, or collectors donated them, she said. Other remains were transferred between institutions or unearthed during construction projects.According to ProPublica's database, 10 institutions in Washington state still had the remains of Indigenous people in their possession as of December.
Ballew called it an "ongoing and sensitive process," which "requires the careful identification and respectful housing of all human remains." The Nooksack, Lummi and Swinomish tribes — three tribes located in Northwest Washington in the counties nearest Western's campus — didn't respond to inquiries from Axios Seattle this week.Henebry-DeLeon said returning cultural artifacts and human remains involves extensive consulting with tribes, in part to determine where the remains and other items must go.
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