Universities returning Native American remains and artifacts isn’t just about physical objects – it’s about dignity and justice
- Written by Kerri J. Malloy, Assistant Professor of Native American and Indigenous Studies, San José State University
A museum curator removes a rare Native American Chumash basket from California, circa 1800, at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Mass., in 2003.MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty ImagesMany universities and museums in the U.S. have long held Native American burial artifacts, other sacred objects and even human remains.
Most of these...