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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">New database reveals where Native Americans human remains are being held</h1>
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<div><br><table class="gmail-moz-reader-wide-table"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisePIGfz6e2O11qsh4PGS_z0LWCFhF47_md59lRCP2z69HGeya8Ue2qds8lYDl9ghODv7ZL_MA9rVrqtuc0-gL25C96D73SP1QNRkj4y1ryoo_UM6_sS25INNrBk52Zr78sFutqX-htHj7uCrSG5SmRQIblYfTfqJ4zRov4r74mmFXfucdoIlCnXeuPQ/s300/At_the_Sand_Creek_Massacre,_1874-1875.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisePIGfz6e2O11qsh4PGS_z0LWCFhF47_md59lRCP2z69HGeya8Ue2qds8lYDl9ghODv7ZL_MA9rVrqtuc0-gL25C96D73SP1QNRkj4y1ryoo_UM6_sS25INNrBk52Zr78sFutqX-htHj7uCrSG5SmRQIblYfTfqJ4zRov4r74mmFXfucdoIlCnXeuPQ/w640-h416/At_the_Sand_Creek_Massacre,_1874-1875.jpg" style="margin-right: 0px;" width="300" height="195"></a></td></tr><tr><td><span face="sans-serif">A depiction of one scene at Sand Creek by witness </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howling_Wolf_(Cheyenne)" title="Howling Wolf (Cheyenne)">Howling Wolf</a> Cheyenne</td></tr></tbody></table><p><span><b>Native American human remains are being held by museums and universities. Native Americans want to bring their ancestors home.</b></span></p><p><b>By Brenda Norrell</b></p><p><b>Censored News</b></p><p><span>A
new database reveals which museums and universities have human remains
of Native Americans. It shows which places have made those available for
return, and which ones have not.</span></p><p><span>The database by
ProPublica shows those not returning remains to the Tohono O'odham
Nation including the University of Arizona Museum and Arizona State
Museum. The places that have not made remains available to Oglala Lakota
in Pine Ridge, South Dakota, include Harvard University and Milwaukee
Public Museum</span></p><p><span>“We never ceded or relinquished our
dead. They were stolen,” James Riding In, Pawnee and longtime professor
at Arizona State University professor, said of the unreturned remains.</span></p><table><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBDyIGXZQGsqejxJVOAz372Pg_t05Dt0f2K1yRdmHWwi9avuL34kHvoFSXYsR0j2rEUYvqku0_FQVAfUHFX1YLXwC4GJhuePgS57Po72YRsB7O0lxKuEt1ZGlzSvEujONvZKxPn6_7bUNkZ7dTbpIyr1TfN5HpVv8ukTbUQYg26hRYDmGT7IJv4wb-mQ/s476/d2d5fb72ce_LonedogwinterSmithIn.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBDyIGXZQGsqejxJVOAz372Pg_t05Dt0f2K1yRdmHWwi9avuL34kHvoFSXYsR0j2rEUYvqku0_FQVAfUHFX1YLXwC4GJhuePgS57Po72YRsB7O0lxKuEt1ZGlzSvEujONvZKxPn6_7bUNkZ7dTbpIyr1TfN5HpVv8ukTbUQYg26hRYDmGT7IJv4wb-mQ/s16000/d2d5fb72ce_LonedogwinterSmithIn.jpg" style="margin-right: 0px;" width="435" height="324"></a></td></tr><tr><td>Lone Dog Winter Count, held at Smithsonian.</td></tr></tbody></table></div><p><span>Now,
Native American Nations struggle as museums and universities search for
loopholes, to the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation
Act, NAGPRA, which was created to protect the remains of nearly 600
Native American Nations.</span></p><p><span><br>“In life, they were not
respected. They were forced to march. Removed,” said Danelle Gutierrez,
the tribal historic preservation officer for the Big Pine Paiute Tribe
of the Owens Valley. “Even in death, they aren’t respected.”</span><span></span></p><p>ProPublica journalists <a href="https://www.propublica.org/people/mary-hudetz">Mary Hudetz</a> (Apsaalooke/Crow), <a href="https://www.propublica.org/people/logan-jaffe">Logan Jaffe</a> and <a href="https://www.propublica.org/people/ash-ngu">Ash Ngu</a>
were interested in investigating whether the promises of the Native
American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, considered landmark
human rights legislation, had been fulfilled.</p><p></p><p><span>"It is a
starting point for understanding the damage done by generations of
Americans who stole, collected and displayed the remains and possessions
of the continent’s Indigenous Peoples," said ProPublica who is
publishing this series in conjunction with NBC News.</span></p><div><p><span>Museums
and universities have the remains of Cheyenne and Arapaho. The Sand
Creek Massacre in southeast Colorado was among the horrific massacres of
women and children by the U.S. Army. Now, Cheyenne and Arapaho want to
bring their ancestors home, but some institutions are using loopholes to
prevent the return of their ancestors. The image below shows where the
remains of Cheyenne and Arapaho were taken from.</span></p><p><span><b>Cheyenne and Arapaho: The Sand Creek Massacre </b></span></p><p><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuFhOFU-LY2vOLETR-LtUBNEEaLysh3NMICd2Ycynvv1fEgUJENGAHXxfulqS0Wpf1c55E3Czjq-aRsk6R4LRBI6RLzqFP8k_0jeEk1CIRgWba83WIZEOJ6c_mzT_gLP3Xvjue_AZ5AJyscASs0Q9ctsn-uspFtuJA6UzIvNJoJFM0ng_wIuwsESdnbA/s872/Screenshot%202023-01-12%2012.32.44%20PM.png"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuFhOFU-LY2vOLETR-LtUBNEEaLysh3NMICd2Ycynvv1fEgUJENGAHXxfulqS0Wpf1c55E3Czjq-aRsk6R4LRBI6RLzqFP8k_0jeEk1CIRgWba83WIZEOJ6c_mzT_gLP3Xvjue_AZ5AJyscASs0Q9ctsn-uspFtuJA6UzIvNJoJFM0ng_wIuwsESdnbA/w640-h460/Screenshot%202023-01-12%2012.32.44%20PM.png" style="margin-right: 0px;" width="435" height="313"></a></span></p></div><p><span>On the Longest Walk northern route at Sand Creek Massacre site in 2008, walkers remembered as they stood on sacred ground.</span></p><p><span><span>For
the Cheyenne Arapaho on this journey, like Calvin Magpie, Jr., from
Oklahoma, it was a time of profound sorrow, remembering the innumerable
babies, children, women, men, and elderly who were shot in cold blood
and mutilated. </span></span></p><div><p><span><b>Northern Cheyenne taken</b></span></p><p><span>Northern
Cheyenne remains were taken from Colorado, Nebraska, and elsewhere and
put in museums and universities. The horrific massacre of Cheyenne and
Arapaho women and children was at Sand Creek in Colorado, among the many
massacres carried out by the U.S. Army. </span></p><p><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijyg4f16nhfiH7V4sCTxYGPb0e6-yFAP6cc4AvanAUGHd1k1DMsh8eqprdB0eKJFJ9yhvyxXhcDT0fVRwOY0x05-_I09yA62Yz3BriiM5l6T2D8jHF89HbNZJkmoFN2z2Sl5EQl2mC_e8wddk8sP6gA_KP9yVAG72LNY6HliEMoqQtQjSRIOmix8HSCA/s856/Screenshot%202023-01-12%2012.13.00%20PM.png"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijyg4f16nhfiH7V4sCTxYGPb0e6-yFAP6cc4AvanAUGHd1k1DMsh8eqprdB0eKJFJ9yhvyxXhcDT0fVRwOY0x05-_I09yA62Yz3BriiM5l6T2D8jHF89HbNZJkmoFN2z2Sl5EQl2mC_e8wddk8sP6gA_KP9yVAG72LNY6HliEMoqQtQjSRIOmix8HSCA/w640-h470/Screenshot%202023-01-12%2012.13.00%20PM.png" style="margin-right: 0px;" width="435" height="319"></a></span></p><p><i> </i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_3ldWJVYXBktpHu2YCD0xee546aULNdWXOf5yiS07uHmh3zoffuiFyaCtBJJmWi4RAtLnoh0m01-wAzmpi3hvg1jCqjHd3qZEDGNQgVaddCBXgmf3ty9J6MywbVj_AynHhhQuZ_JC7j-4XrPaLnwTWTgzTENWwKd3d5WsNVH_uXfbiaboE06i6LtXag/s439/Screenshot%202023-01-12%209.48.21%20AM.png"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_3ldWJVYXBktpHu2YCD0xee546aULNdWXOf5yiS07uHmh3zoffuiFyaCtBJJmWi4RAtLnoh0m01-wAzmpi3hvg1jCqjHd3qZEDGNQgVaddCBXgmf3ty9J6MywbVj_AynHhhQuZ_JC7j-4XrPaLnwTWTgzTENWwKd3d5WsNVH_uXfbiaboE06i6LtXag/s16000/Screenshot%202023-01-12%209.48.21%20AM.png" style="margin-right: 0px;" width="435" height="432"></a></p><div><div><p><span>"All
of these institutions have used a loophole in the law that allows them
to keep Native Americans remains if they deem them as “culturally
unidentifiable,” meaning they can’t be culturally affiliated to a
modern-day federally recognized tribe. Tribal representatives have long
criticized NAGPRA for giving institutions the final say in these
decisions." -- ProPublica</span></p><p><span><b>Oglala Lakota Unreturned Remains</b></span></p></div><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxFkvk-csCyN8J0Kc38QWDdvPEH6YaeCiehkOGMkHePBihz3xyxwE86TUgU-0umMAZLs0g-6SVJlyUQf8djo3Jccr52u5gu_MjQR5XrLmdsT90unppfVPMRu2F30QWrqy9MbF2Dy1oUKBL_AROUALaBADFnsoWuf2RReBHniwNhJe-oyiEa4bPqqDruA/s601/Screenshot%202023-01-12%209.55.13%20AM.png"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxFkvk-csCyN8J0Kc38QWDdvPEH6YaeCiehkOGMkHePBihz3xyxwE86TUgU-0umMAZLs0g-6SVJlyUQf8djo3Jccr52u5gu_MjQR5XrLmdsT90unppfVPMRu2F30QWrqy9MbF2Dy1oUKBL_AROUALaBADFnsoWuf2RReBHniwNhJe-oyiEa4bPqqDruA/w640-h524/Screenshot%202023-01-12%209.55.13%20AM.png" class="gmail-moz-reader-block-img" style="margin-right: 0px;" width="435" height="357"></a></p></div><p><b><span>Navajo Nation: Where Dine' were taken from</span></b></p><div><p><span>Universities,
museums, and the Department of Interior took Dine' from these places.
Some places are not releasing them. ProPublica database shows Dine'
remains in the Natural History Museum in New York City, Field Museum in
Chicago, and elsewhere that are not being released. The largest number
of Native remains in the region were taken from San Juan County, New
Mexico. Some institutions have made these ancestors' remains available
to Hopi, Pueblos, Navajo, Ute, and Jicarilla Apache.</span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrVfi7BZVaJFMvnfk7BdzOiiBLJ-1PwGi40JKNAvZ5aCOCsjX-HGZOJa6f8I9riga8ENKu_HdkJKupH8SUpkgmqJOXi88upzDWP5XIQrvUk6-nQRNjV7q5VfYvQdABtv7sDkzkyuiLZkDXfn0-54ClGhxxAkgBwig8QCtMXypV8pXpbabxj9aAeHIX5w/s1121/Screenshot%202023-01-12%201.15.08%20PM.png"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrVfi7BZVaJFMvnfk7BdzOiiBLJ-1PwGi40JKNAvZ5aCOCsjX-HGZOJa6f8I9riga8ENKu_HdkJKupH8SUpkgmqJOXi88upzDWP5XIQrvUk6-nQRNjV7q5VfYvQdABtv7sDkzkyuiLZkDXfn0-54ClGhxxAkgBwig8QCtMXypV8pXpbabxj9aAeHIX5w/w640-h338/Screenshot%202023-01-12%201.15.08%20PM.png" class="gmail-moz-reader-block-img" style="margin-right: 0px;" width="435" height="229"></a></p><br></div><p><b><span>San Juan County, New Mexico: Who is not releasing them</span></b></p><div><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhY566qYWCyRV92op-R6d_D6PfDlp4FeKdmQglfo9dFxpEZdqiR4uq3GqN8ySYIRBTjIjFNf7zPVEvIZ_yhDuNKqyQYxMXMjZHfSY5mX0qXPbqmeTHdvvihw8q1vubv3HqjcWIllL9KoDIBne2yfPM0orS1mkUZJHKVLf9bibKbQ5ZL-Safvq1ia0I2w/s724/Screenshot%202023-01-12%201.19.26%20PM.png"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhY566qYWCyRV92op-R6d_D6PfDlp4FeKdmQglfo9dFxpEZdqiR4uq3GqN8ySYIRBTjIjFNf7zPVEvIZ_yhDuNKqyQYxMXMjZHfSY5mX0qXPbqmeTHdvvihw8q1vubv3HqjcWIllL9KoDIBne2yfPM0orS1mkUZJHKVLf9bibKbQ5ZL-Safvq1ia0I2w/w640-h546/Screenshot%202023-01-12%201.19.26%20PM.png" class="gmail-moz-reader-block-img" style="margin-right: 0px;" width="435" height="371"></a></p><br></div><p><b><span>Tohono O'odham: University of Arizona Museum has remains it is not returning</span></b></p><p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4hYilk55y8DD2RdjHb3MjtTxh8dlm3gsytjQXVxsKGCj4Ihv_QTMcOrWUhNA3OZ5zqWvwKyzCgqC6ErkGyCCijCowZOpBbCW8Cgwlqdgt09IcCPqhekQu6isZWnObW3tT_YoE6KUgpqIYxUjAssn1pKehmAoIBeIrz8UbKJhyNxDoRXCpW6Vo0eFANA/s909/Screenshot%202023-01-12%209.41.58%20AM.png"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4hYilk55y8DD2RdjHb3MjtTxh8dlm3gsytjQXVxsKGCj4Ihv_QTMcOrWUhNA3OZ5zqWvwKyzCgqC6ErkGyCCijCowZOpBbCW8Cgwlqdgt09IcCPqhekQu6isZWnObW3tT_YoE6KUgpqIYxUjAssn1pKehmAoIBeIrz8UbKJhyNxDoRXCpW6Vo0eFANA/w640-h434/Screenshot%202023-01-12%209.41.58%20AM.png" class="gmail-moz-reader-block-img" style="margin-right: 0px;" width="435" height="295"></a></p><p>"An
Interior Department spokesperson said it complies with its legal
obligations and that its bureaus (such as the Bureau of Indian Affairs
and Bureau of Land Management) are not required to begin the
repatriation of “culturally unidentifiable human remains” unless a tribe
or Native Hawaiian organization makes a formal request." -- ProPublica</p></div><div><p><b><span>The theft and desecration continues</span></b></p><div><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxR-f_-hc9psjLGKHiPiYXJnJh_1r-xtYyApGk59CUGQVuDVXu_rpZeq1fVp7_njTnUbjfVpWyERxlv84W-4hJs0xCLmkBnsZj6fHRlqdwMNKH6XsAqP8Ry6DO02qP0Roq4AryzfhEUu1eduzXnE5ZxlT-A2_lzQ54ABT8Gfwh4wtgDPcl3NzDipwNSg/s732/Screenshot%202023-01-12%2010.16.09%20AM.png"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxR-f_-hc9psjLGKHiPiYXJnJh_1r-xtYyApGk59CUGQVuDVXu_rpZeq1fVp7_njTnUbjfVpWyERxlv84W-4hJs0xCLmkBnsZj6fHRlqdwMNKH6XsAqP8Ry6DO02qP0Roq4AryzfhEUu1eduzXnE5ZxlT-A2_lzQ54ABT8Gfwh4wtgDPcl3NzDipwNSg/w640-h438/Screenshot%202023-01-12%2010.16.09%20AM.png" class="gmail-moz-reader-block-img" style="margin-right: 0px;" width="435" height="297"></a></p><u><a href="https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-07-31/indigenous-tribal-repatriation-nagpra">https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-07-31/indigenous-tribal-repatriation-nagpra</a></u></div><div><p><b><span>ProPublic said:</span></b></p><div><p><span><i>In
1990, Congress passed a law recognizing the unequal treatment of Native
American remains and set up a process for tribes to request their
return from museums and other institutions that had them. The law, known
as the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act or
NAGPRA, sought to address this human rights issue by giving Indigenous
peoples a way to reclaim their dead.</i></span></p><p><i>But 33 years
after the law’s passage, at least half of the remains of more than
210,000 Native Americans have yet to be returned. Tribes have struggled
to reclaim them in part because of a lack of federal funding for
repatriation and because institutions face little to no consequences for
violating the law or dragging their feet.</i></p><p><i>This database
allows you to search for information on the roughly 600 federally funded
institutions that reported having such remains to the Department of the
Interior. While the data is self-reported, it is a starting point for
understanding the damage done by generations of Americans who stole,
collected and displayed the remains and possessions of the continent’s
Indigenous peoples — and the work done by tribes and institutions to
repatriate those Native ancestors since.</i></p><p></p></div><p><span><i><b>Read more and search database:</b></i></span></p><p><span><i>Article at ProPublica</i></span></p><p><span>Why ProPublica investigated whether the human rights legislation of NAGPRA was fulfilled</span></p><p><span>Search database:</span></p></div></div>
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