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Geopolitics of Archaeology: Repatriation of Native American Remains and Artifacts
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As we conclude our Geopolitics of Archaeology series today, mostly we’ve talked about tensions between western archaeologists and developed world. But good, ethical archeology practices should begin at home and the U.S. is really just getting started on that..
Legislation in the late 80s and early 90s mandated that U.S. institutions return Native America remains and artifacts to identifiable groups. The effort is known as “Repatriation”. It’s been a complicated process.
Tamara Bray is an Anthropologist at Wayne Sate University. She’s the author of the edited volume The Future of the Past: Archaeologists, Native Americans, and Repatriation and she's author of the edited volume The Archaeology and Politics of Food and Feasting in Early States and Empires.
For 4 years, Tamara worked at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History from 1991-95. She was hired there specifically to help set up the Smithsonian's Repatriation Office.
Jerome asked Tamara about the complicated relationship between Native American Peoples and U.S. institutions...
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