WVXU

Ohio museum collaborates with Native American tribes to repatriate human remains

The countdown is on for federally funded museums and institutions that have Native American human remains. In January of 2024, the Department of the Interior updated a law known as NAGPRA in order to ...
Penn Live

Carlisle Indian School cemetery project returns remains of 9 children to native tribes

The U.S. Army has finished this year’s disinterment at the former Carlisle Indian Industrial School, with nine sets of Native American children’s remains returned to their tribes. At a press ...
Christian Science Monitor

Museums were required to return sacred items to Native American tribes. Many still haven’t.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...
NPR

Tribal courts can't prosecute non-Native drug suspects. Tribes say it's a problem

As fentanyl addiction and overdose deaths ravage Native American communities, some tribal leaders want Native law enforcement to take drug enforcement more into their own hands. "We can't wait anymore ...