Read previewThe Field Museum in Chicago has covered up several displays featuring Native American cultural items as new federal regulations go into effect.
The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act was established in 1990 to facilitate the protection and return of Native remains and cultural objects.
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The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University, which still holds onto thousands of Native American remains, has not announced how it will respond to the latest regulations.
The new rules are the latest effort by the federal government to ensure museums are giving tribes the proper consideration over Native objects.
Persons:
—, Bryan Newland
Organizations:
Service, Museum, Business, Protection, Field Museum, Peabody Museum of Archaeology, Harvard University, Association, American Indian Affairs, New York Times
Locations:
Chicago