Michael SquiresAug 9, 2023
“Even after ProPublica has published multiple stories on repatriation over the past eight months, it is still unsettling to ponder the sheer scale at which museums stored away the bodies of so many Indigenous ancestors. Six thousand at Harvard University. Nine thousand at the University of California, Berkeley. “
Mary Hudetz on her experience reporting on @ProPublica’s Repatriation Project.
https://www.propublica.org/article/what-its-like-to-report-on-repatriation
We Carry the Burden of Repatriating Our Ancestors. Here’s What It’s Like to Report on the Process as an Indigenous Journalist.

Mary Hudetz describes the financial cost and emotional distress that tribal communities face as they continue to wait for the return of the remains of their ancestors, thousands of which are held in museums across the country.

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If you’re unfamiliar with the work, it’s here:

https://www.propublica.org/series/the-repatriation-project

The Repatriation Project

America’s institutions hold human remains and sacred items taken from the graves of tens of thousands of Native Americans. A federal law, the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, was meant to help return them, but decades after its 1990 passage, many tribes are still waiting.

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Aug 9, 2023 at 3:43pmWeb