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North America's Oldest Mummy Returns to a Native Tribe
In one of the latest examples of American museums repatriating human remains, the Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe was given control of the 10,600-year-old Spirit Cave mummy.
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Construction of Dakota Access Pipeline May Have Bulldozed Indigenous History
Last Friday, Tim Mentz, Sr., former Standing Rock Sioux tribal historic preservation officer, filed a declaration with the US district court detailing archaeological sites, including graves, alongside the planned pathway of the Dakota Access Pipeline.
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US Judge Approves Warrant for Acoma Shield Listed for Sale by Paris Auction House
An Acoma shield that was removed from a May auction in Paris that included human remains and indigenous sacred objects has yet to be returned.
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US Senator Introduces Bill to Stop Overseas Sales of Stolen Indigenous Objects
To better protect sacred indigenous objects from being sold in international markets, Senator Martin Heinrich has introduced the Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony (STOP) Act with support from politicians of both parties as well as tribal leaders.
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Despite Protests, Paris Auction of Sacred Native American Objects Goes Ahead
Despite calls for a halt from US government officials and tribal leaders, EVE (Estimations Ventes aux Enchères) auction house went forward yesterday at Drouot Richelieu in Paris with a sale that included contested indigenous sacred objects and human remains.
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Smithsonian Hosts Emergency Meeting About Paris Auction of Indigenous Remains and Objects [UPDATED]
This afternoon, the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, DC, hosted an emergency meeting of tribal leaders, government representatives, and NGO officials to call for a halt to a Monday auction in Paris that involves human remains and sacred indigenous objects.
Film
Filming a Memorial Ride to the Massacre at Wounded Knee
The US Cavalry massacred over 300 unarmed men, women, and children at Wounded Knee Creek in South Dakota in 1890, and those who didn't die from the bullets were left to freeze in the bitter December cold.
Art
A Photographer Captures the Last Remaining Navajo Trading Posts
Trading posts first cropped up in 1870, two years after the Navajo treaty with the US government.
Art
How a Long-Lost Silent Film Helped Rescue a Forgotten Kiowa Tipi
OKLAHOMA CITY — In 1920, a distinctive tipi painted with horizontal stripes appeared in a silent film called Daughter of Dawn.
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Brooklyn Store Under Fire for Native American Headdress Logo
The clothing retailer Scumbags & Superstars, which has a storefront space in Bushwick and an online store, has come under fire for its "disrespectful" appropriation of Native American imagery in its logo and merchandise.
News
A Town Is Not a Museum, Appeals Court Rules
In settling the dispute of where one of the greatest athletes of the 20th century is buried, a ruling last week declared that a town can't be treated like a museum.
Art
Repatriating Scalps from a German Museum to American Indian Tribes
Repatriation of scalps from a German museum to tribes in the United States is revealing the rift between the countries in the treatment of human remains as museum artifacts.