The brains were a part of a Smithsonian collection 'of at least 30,700 human bones and other body parts,' the Washington Post report said
investigative series shows the investigation of Nicole Dungca and Claire Healy into the Smithsonian’s human remains collection which it says were taken “mostly from people of color and used to further racist theories.”examined the collection, reviewed thousands of documents, and interviewed experts, Smithsonian officials and members of communities whose remains were targeted.
Included in the collection are 24 brains taken from Filipinos, one of which was from a Kankanaey Igorot woman from Suyoc, Benguet brought by the colonizing US government to St. Louis and was displayed at the 1904 World’s Fair. The Igorot woman died of pneumonia shortly before the exhibition began. The investigative series said all the brains were gathered under Hrdlicka’s order and were removed upon “death from Black and Indigenous people and other people of color,” theThe remains are the unreconciled legacy of a grisly practice in which bodies and organs were taken from graveyards, battlefields, morgues, and hospitals in more than 80 countries,” theIn an interview with Dungca, Michael Blakey, a member of the newly created Smithsonian human remains task force, said the collection...
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