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I can imagine the museum doing a sort of road show in every city, maybe like antiques roadshow but where the "descendants and cultural heirs" of various brains
by adolph 3y ago
I can imagine the museum doing a sort of road show in every city, maybe like antiques roadshow but where the "descendants and cultural heirs" of various brains are brought together to receive the brains. Like a ribbon cutting ceremony but with a large jar.
While the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act was passed in 1990, the law means the Smithsonian only has to inform Native American, Alaska Native, or Native Hawaiian communities about the remains in its collection. . . .
Out of “at least 268 brains,” the reporters also found that officials at the Museum of Natural History museum had repatriated only four of them to descendants or cultural heirs.
In April, Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III issued a statement announcing the creation of a task force to address the disposition of the human remains held by the institution as well as apologizing for past unethical practices.