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UW-Oshkosh buried facts about mishandled Native American remains. Sunshine laws uncovered them • Wisconsin Examiner

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The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh has been accused of manipulating public records. The university kept details of a Native American skull stolen in 1990 from an exhibit case on campus. The school also kept a copy of an email I had written to another news organization. The public records law requires government agencies to cough up documents that can put them in a negative light.

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UW-Oshkosh buried facts about mishandled Native American remains. Sunshine laws uncovered them • Wisconsin Examiner

University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. (Miles Maguire | courtesy of the photographer)Last April the Wisconsin Examiner published an examination of the way that Native American human remains have been retained by public institutions in Oshkosh long after the passage of a federal law that was intended to speed their repatriation to the tribes that once inhabited the area. The article included some startling details that demonstrated the callousness of t…

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