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Senator Pushes Museums to Return “Stolen” Native American Remains and Belongings

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U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz of Hawaii called on museums and universities to repatriate Native American remains and belongings plundered from Indigenous burial sites. He urged institutions to devote more resources to fulfilling tribes' repatriation requests under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. Lawmakers expected the 1990 federal law to result in museums relinquishing all NativeAmerican remains to tribes within a decade.

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Senator Pushes Museums to Return “Stolen” Native American Remains and Belongings

In a Senate floor speech that centered America’s colonial history, Brian Schatz said institutions have a moral obligation to comply with federal repatriation law. He demanded urgent action.

3 months ago·New York, United States

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